Sex-specific food preferences in the Madagascar hissing cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa (Dictyoptera: Blaberidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 707-714

  Carrel, James E ^a   Tanner, Elisabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blaberidae; Dictyoptera; Food quality; Gromphadorhina; Nutrition; Sex specificity

Indexed keywords

GROMPHADORHINA PORTENTOSA;

EID: 0036758403     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020704108399     Document Type: Article

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