Senescence in field crickets (Orthoptera; Gryllidae): Examining the effects of sex and a sex-based parasitoid

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 140-143

  Gray, David A ^a   Cade, William H ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; PARASITISM; SENESCENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS INTEGER; GRYLLUS PENNSYLVANICUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034057333     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-191     Document Type: Article

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