The air-puff evoked escape behavior of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus and its compensational recovery after cercal ablations

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-79

  Kanou, Masamichi ^a   Ohshima, Makoto ^a   Inoue, Jinya ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0346401880     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.71     Document Type: Article

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