Escape performance decreases during ontogeny in wild crickets

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3165-3170

  Dangles, O ^a,b   Pierre, D ^a   Christides, J P ^a   Casas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Cereal system; Crickets; Field experiment; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; GRYLLIDAE;

GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 35648981007     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004648     Document Type: Article

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