Group influence on water conservation in the giant Madagascar hissing-cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-82

  Yoder, Jay A ^a   Grojean, Nathan C ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gromphadorhina; hissing cockroach; tropics; water balance

Indexed keywords

GROMPHADORHINA PORTENTOSA; BLABERIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

AGGREGATION; MADAGASCAR HISSING COCKROACH; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 0030619779     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01143.x     Document Type: Article

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