Antenna contact and agonism in the male lobster cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-260

  Chou, Szu Ying ^a   Huang, Zachary Y ^b   Chen, Shu Chun ^c   Yang, Rou Ling ^d   Kou, Rong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Section of Biometry   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 2 butanone; Aggressive posture; Antenna contact; Attack behavior; Challenge hypothesis; Juvenile hormone; Spontaneous aggressive posture

Indexed keywords

ACETOIN; PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COCKROACH; HEMOLYMPH; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NAUPHOETA CINEREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETOIN; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCKROACHES; HEMOLYMPH; MALE; POSTURE; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 34447619676     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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