Effects of shifting to crowded or solitary conditions on pheromone release and morphometrics of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 771-776

  Deng, Arop Leek ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a   Ali, E E ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Morphometrics; Phase transformation; Pheromone production; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0030206542     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(96)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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