A Comparative Study of the Level of Locomotor Activity Throughout Postembryonic Development of Two Cricket Species: Acheta domesticus L. and Gryllus bimaculatus de Geer (Ensifera: Gryllidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 845-857

  Górska Andrzejak, Jolanta ^a   Wojtusiak, Janusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acheta domesticus; Gryllus bimaculatus; Locomotor activity; Postembryonic development

Indexed keywords

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144357952     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000018324.48914.0c     Document Type: Article

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