Diel calling activity and field survival of the bushcricket, Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): A role for sound-locating parasitic flies?

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 645-660

  Allen, Geoff R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CALLING BEHAVIOR; HOST LOCATION; PARASITOID; SURVIVAL;

DIPTERA; HOMOTRIXA ALLENI; ORTHOPTERA; SCIARASAGA QUADRATA; TACHINIDAE; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 0031855454     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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