The predator defence system of an African king cricket (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae): Does it help to stink?

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-80

  Wolf, Stephan ^a,b   Brettschneider, Helene ^a   Bateman, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anostostomatidae; Defence behaviour; King cricket; Predatory behaviour; Tongue flicks

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CRICKET; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FECES; LIZARD; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE; ANURA; BUFO GUTTURALIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; GRYLLINAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TRACHYLEPIS STRIATA;

EID: 33745455420     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[75:TPDSOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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