Supercooling points of insects and mites on the Antarctic Peninsula
1. Mean supercooling points of eleven species of arthropods (three Collembola, seven Acari and one Diptera) ranged from ‐6.2 to ‐9.4°C (high group), and from ‐17.7 to ‐31.0°C (low group). The majority of individuals in the high group had food in their gut systems. 2. Freezing was lethal to all speci...
Published in: | Ecological Entomology |
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1982
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524265/ https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1982.tb00638.x |