A consideration about dormancy in relation to diapause in insects.
Author of the article:WU Kun-Jun
Author's Workplace:(Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100080,China)
Key Words:dormancy;diapause;hibernation;aestivation;quiescence
Abstract:This paper deals with origin of the terms describing suspension of insect development,meanings of those widely used at present in the literature and the relationship among them.