Factors affecting behavioral phase transition in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1717-1734

  Heifetz, Yael ^a   Voet, Hillary ^a   Applebaum, Shalom W ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavior; Contact pheromones; Cuticular lipids; Desert locust; Discriminant analysis; Olfactometry; Phase transition; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0029967009     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02272410     Document Type: Article

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