The effect of ovariectomy on reproductive behaviour and physiology of adult female ring-legged earwigs, Euborellia annulipes

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-326

  Rankin, Susan M ^a   Mcquiston, Susan J ^a   Jackson, Ellen S ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Earwig; Feeding behaviour; Juvenile Hormone biosynthesis; Maternal behaviour; Mating behaviour; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

EGG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

CARCINOPHORIDAE; DERMAPTERA; EUBORELLIA ANNULIPES;

EID: 0032712839     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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