Social cues and following behavior in the forest tent caterpillar

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-87

  Colasurdo, Nadia ^a   Despland, Emma ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leader following; Lepidoptera; Malacosoma disstria; Ontogenetic shift; Pheromones; Trail following

Indexed keywords

LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 13844281978     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-005-9348-6     Document Type: Article

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