To fly or not to fly: Response of water striders to drying out of habitat

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 370-376

  Harada, Tetsuo ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Histolysis of flight muscles; Longevity; Loss of habitat; Reproduction; Starvation; Water striders

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DROUGHT; EPHEMERAL LAKE; INSECT;

AQUARIUS PALUDUM; GERRIDAE; GERRIS LATIABDOMINIS; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 0031736574     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1998.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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