The selection of nutritionally balanced foods by Locusta migratoria: The interaction between food nutrients and added flavours

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-206

  Chambers, P G ^a   Raubenheimer, D ^a   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Behaviour; Feeding; Locusts; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030725084     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01159.x     Document Type: Article

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