Phase-related body-color polyphenism in hatchlings of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: Re-examination of the maternal and crowding effects

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1054-1061

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a   Maeno, Koutaro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body color; Density dependent phase polyphenism; Hatchling; Maternal effects; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COLOR; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; LOCUST; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GRASSHOPPERS; LARVA; OVUM; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION DENSITY;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 33750368970     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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