Do egg carrying and protracted copulation affect mobility in the golden egg bug?

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-178

  Miettinen, Minna ^a   Kaitala, Arja ^b   Smith, Robert L ^c   Ordóñez, Rogelio Macías ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Instituto de Ecologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Egg carrying; Golden egg bug; Mobility

Indexed keywords

COREIDAE; HETEROPTERA; PHYLLOMORPHA LACINIATA;

EID: 33745632760     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-006-9015-6     Document Type: Article

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