The chemical composition of the spermatophore in some species of phaneropterid bushcrickets (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1001-1008

  Heller, K G ^a   Faltin, S ^a   Fleischmann, P ^a   Helversen, O V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Elemental composition; Mating effort; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; UREA; URIC ACID;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FEMALE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MATING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PROTEIN CONTENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOPHORE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032192678     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00171-6     Document Type: Article

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