Locomotory behavior of flightless Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Col., Coccinellidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 721-726

  Tourniaire, Réjane ^a   Ferran, André ^a   Gambier, Jacques ^a   Giuge, Ludovic ^a   Bouffault, François ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Flight behavior; Harmonia axyridis; Mutation; Prey search behavior

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLIGHTLESSNESS; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN;

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARMONIA AXYRIDIS;

EID: 0034113868     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00160-2     Document Type: Article

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