Mate location mechanism and phase-related mate preferences in solitarius desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1057-1069

  Ould Ely, Sidi ^a   Mahamat, Hassan ^a,d   Njagi, Peter G N ^a   Omer Bashir, Magzoub ^b   El Tom El Amin, Salah ^c   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b ICIPE Field Station   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d Laboratoire de Recherches Vétérinaire et Zootechnique   (Chad)

Author keywords

Gregarious; Mate location; Phase dynamics; Pheromone; Schistocerca gregaria; Solitarious

Indexed keywords

LOCUST; MATE LOCATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROWDING; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION; CAELIFERA; CROWDING (AREA);

ANIMALS; CROWDING; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION; VISION, OCULAR;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 33744734079     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9045-8     Document Type: Article

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