Humidity-invoked upwind orientation of shore insects (Bambidion obtusidens, Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-363

  Evans, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anemotaxis; Bembidion obtusidens; Boundary layer turbulence; Hygroreceptors; Pulsed stimuli; Water vapor transport

Indexed keywords

BEMBIDION OBTUSIDENS;

EID: 0030746123     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765603     Document Type: Article

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