Trail-following behavior in the German cockroach (dictyoptera: blattellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1241-1246

  Miller, D M ^a   Koehler, P G ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Feces; Trail following

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLATTELLIDAE; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 0034241758     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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