Mate location in the deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum De Geer (Anobiidae): Orientation to substrate vibrations

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 899-907

  Goulson, Dave ^a,b   Birch, Martin C ^a   Wyatt, Tristram D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATHWATCH BEETLE; KLINOKINESIS; MATE SEARCHING;

ANOBIIDAE; COLEOPTERA; XESTOBIUM RUFOVILLOSUM;

EID: 0028175894     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1122     Document Type: Article

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