Assimilation of rubidium by Melanoplus grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 906-911

  Woods, Stephen A ^a,b   Streett, Douglas A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasshopper; Insect dispersal; Insect marking; Rubidium chloride

Indexed keywords

MELANOPLUS;

EID: 0030483547     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.5.906     Document Type: Article

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