Behaviorally significant immobile state of so-called thanatosis in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer: Its characterization, sensory mechanism and function

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 613-624

  Nishino, H ^a   Sakai, M ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cricket; Escape behavior; Femoral chordotonal organ; Immobile state; Thanatosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0030445874     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00216126     Document Type: Article

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