Vibrational communication in insects;A comunicação entre insetos através de vibrações

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-134

  Virant Doberlet, Meta ^a   Andrej, Čokl ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Nezara viridula; Substrate vibration; Vibrational communication

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 33645765984     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2004000200001     Document Type: Article

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