Fluctuating asymmetry, call structure and the risk of attack from phonotactic parasitoids in the bushcricket Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 356-364

  Hunt, John ^a   Allen, Geoff R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Call structure; Field survival; Fluctuating asymmetry; Phonotactic parasitoid

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL;

DIPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; SCIARASAGA QUADRATA; TACHINIDAE; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0031688885     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050598     Document Type: Article

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