Freeze tolerance adaptations in the cent
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Tursman, Donald ;Duman, John G. ;Knight, Charles A.
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Article
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1994
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Studies were conducted to investigate the adaptations of the wood centipede, __Lithobius forficatus__, to winter conditions. During winter centipedes were freeze tolerant. However, inoculative freezing initiated from external ice was required for survival of freezing. Because the lower