Foraging in nature by larvae of Manduca sexta - Influenced by an endogenous oscillation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 825-836

  Bernays, Elizabeth A ^a   Woods, H Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Lepidoptera; Manduca sexta; Oscillation; Rhythm

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MOTH; OSCILLATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PLANT;

LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0034030273     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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