Parent-offspring communication in response to predators in a subsocial treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Umbonia crassicornis)

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 553-568

  Cocroft, Reginald B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PLANTHOPPER;

HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MEMBRACIDAE; PSEUDOPOLYBIA COMPRESSA; UMBONIA CRASSICORNIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032785220     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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