Risk factors and escape strategy in the grasshopper Dissosteira carolina

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1201-1218

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Distance fled; Escape behaviour; Escape trajectory; Flight initiation distance; Orthoptera; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; DISSOSTEIRA CAROLINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750915054     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906778691595     Document Type: Article

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