Environmental control of body-color polyphenism in the American grasshopper, Schistocerca americana

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-301

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a Ind Administrative Institution   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color polyphenism; Rearing density; Schistocerca americana; Temperature; His7 corazonin

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSHOPPER; POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE;

ACRIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA;

EID: 2142765946     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/97.2.293     Document Type: Article

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