Dynamics of behavioural phase change in the first-instar nymphs of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal)

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-330

  Islam, M Saiful ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Behavioural dynamics; Gregarious phase; Logistic regression analysis; Schistocerca gregaria; Solitary phase

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030319841     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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