Duration and frequency of a high temperature pulse affect survival of emergence-ready megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) during low-temperature incubation

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-19

  Yocum, George D ^a   Rinehart, Joseph P ^a   Kemp, William P ^a  

^a USDA ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

uctuating thermal regime; alfalfa; pollinator; spring incubationn

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; APICULTURE; ARTICLE; BEE; COLD; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BEEKEEPING; BEES; COLD TEMPERATURE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POLLINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUPA;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE ROTUNDATA; MEGACHILIDAE;

EID: 84856836756     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC11210     Document Type: Article

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