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Original Articles

Body Temperatures and Behavioral Thermoregulation of High Arctic Woolly-Bear Caterpillars and Pupae (Gynaephora Rossii, Lymantriidae: Lepidoptera) and the Importance of Sunshine

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Pages 125-136 | Published online: 02 Jun 2018

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