Nutritional effects on male calling behaviour in the variable field cricket

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-95

  Wagner Jr , William E ^a   Hoback, W Wyatt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; MATE CHOICE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS LINEATICEPS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0033004245     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0964     Document Type: Article

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