The influence of mechanical, visual and contact chemical stimulation on the behavioural phase state of solitarious desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1295-1301

  Hägele, Bernd F ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact chemical stimulation; Gregarization; Locusts; Mechanical stimulation; Phase change; Schistocerca gregaria; Visual stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCUST; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF STIMULATION; STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0343517157     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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