Offspring-parent communication in a subsocial treehopper (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Umbonia crassicornis)

Behaviour

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-21

  Cocroft, Reginald B ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0033478235     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853999500640     Document Type: Article

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