Volatile pheromone detection and calling behavior exhibition: Secondary mate-finding strategy of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-332

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

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calling behavior; Odor preference; Secondary strategy

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 0040645633     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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