Mechanosensory-induced behavioural gregarization in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 3991-4002

  Rogers, Stephen M ^a,b   Matheson, Thomas ^a   Despland, Emma ^b   Dodgson, Timothy ^b   Burrows, Malcolm ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exteroception; Grasshopper; Gregarious; Phase transition; Phenotypic plasticity; Proprioception; Schistocerca gregaria; Solitarious; Solitary

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GRASSHOPPER; INNERVATION; LIMB; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION; TIME; TOUCH;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; GRASSHOPPERS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ODORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0344584530     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00648     Document Type: Article

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