Interneurones involved in stridulatory pattern generation in the grasshopper Chorthippus mollis (Charp.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 653-662

  Ocker, W G ^a   Hedwig, B ^a  

^a Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chorthippus mollis; Grasshopper; Interneurone; Pattern generation; Stridulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030019442     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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