Definitive evidence for cuticular pheromones in a cricket

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 979-984

  Tregenza, Tom ^a   Wedell, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION; FIELD CRICKET; MATE RECOGNITION; PHEROMONE;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0030778190     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0500     Document Type: Article

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