Olfactory intersexual discrimination in an African king cricket (Orthoptera: Mimnermidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Bateman, Philip W ^a   Toms, Rob B ^a  

^a Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIMNERMIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031747279     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020830919792     Document Type: Article

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