Laboratory behavioural assay of insect magnetoreception: Magnetosensitivity of Periplaneta americana

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 3882-3886

  Vácha, Martin ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Insects; Magnetoreception; Periplaneta americana

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETISM; PERIPLANETA; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETICS; PERIPLANETA; SENSATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 33750579338     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02456     Document Type: Article

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