Soldiers effectively defend aphid colonies against predators in the field

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 761-765

  Foster, William A ^a   Rhoden, Philip K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; APHID; GALL APHID; SOLDIER;

CHAITOPHORUS LEUCOMELAS; HOMOPTERA; HORMAPHIDIDAE; PEMPHIGIDAE; PEMPHIGUS SPYROTHECAE;

EID: 0031967476     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0664     Document Type: Article

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