The antennal system and cockroach evasive behavior. I. Roles for visual and mechanosensory cues in the response

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-96

  Ye, S ^a   Leung, V ^a   Khan, A ^a   Baba, Y ^a   Comer, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennae; Escape; Insects; Touch; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037296583     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0383-x     Document Type: Article

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