Analysis of specific adaptation to a domicile habitat: A comparative study of two closely related cockroach species

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-252

  Tsai, Chi Wei ^a   Lee, How Jing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aggregation pheromone; Blattella bisignata; Blattella germanica; Competition; Mate preference

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLATTELLIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLATTELLIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035287105     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.245     Document Type: Article

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