'Bistability' experiments and the photoperiodic clock in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-197

  Vaz Nunes, Marlies ^a   Veerman, Alfred ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Diapause; Photoperiodic clock; Skeleton photoperiods; Spider mite; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE;

EID: 9844224498     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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