Male behaviour over the season in a wild population of the field cricket Gryllus campestris L.

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 384-392

  Ritz, Markus S ^a   Köhler, Günter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gryllidae; Male quality; Mobility; Population development; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CRICKET; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 34447618568     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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