Ecdysteroid titres in a tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas atratus: Effects of grouping and isolation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 815-821

  Aribi, Nadia ^c   Quennedey, André ^a   Pitoizet, Nicole ^a   Delbecque, Jean Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Crowding effect; Metamorphosis; Molting hormone

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CROWDING; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLTING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ZOPHOBAS ATRATUS;

EID: 0031234414     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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