Behavioral components of sex role reversal in the tettigoniid bushcricket Ephippiger ephippiger

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 481-491

  Ritchie, Michael G ^a   Sunter, David ^a   Hockham, Leon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calling song; Ephippiger; Phonotaxis; Sex roles; Spermatophore; Tettigoniidae

Indexed keywords

EPHIPPIGER; EPHIPPIGER EPHIPPIGER; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0031714130     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022359228537     Document Type: Article

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