Sexual harassment in heterogeneous landscapes can mediate population regulation in a grasshopper

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 239-246

  Bauer, Silke ^a,b   Samietz, Jörg ^a,c   Berger, Uta ^a,d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Habitat use; Individual interactions; Mating behavior; Spatial simulation model; Stenobothrus lineatus

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; STENOBOTHRUS;

EID: 12244276354     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh158     Document Type: Article

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