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Short Note: Critical thermal minima of three sub-Antarctic insects from the French southern Indian Ocean islands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2011

D. Renault  and
L. Lalouette
D. Renault*
Affiliation:
Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6553, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France Station Biologique de Paimpont, Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6553, 35380 Paimpont, France
L. Lalouette
Affiliation:
Université de Rennes 1, UMR CNRS 6553, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
*
[email protected]
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Antarctic Science , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , 06 February 2012 , pp. 43 - 44
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2011

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