Small-scale vegetation patterns in the parental environment influence the phase state of hatchlings of the desert locust

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-81

  Despland, E ^a   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Gregarization; Locust; Maternal inheritance; Schistocerca gregaria; Spatial pattern; Vegetation distribution phase change

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; LOCUST; ONTOGENY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0034022027     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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