Roost site selection and site fidelity in the neotropical katydid Docidocercus gigliotosi (Tettigoniidae)

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-189

  Lang, Alexander B ^a   Römer, Heinrich ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bromeliad; Panama; Predation; Pseudophyllinae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; INSECT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONOCOTYLEDON; PREDATION; ROOST SITE; SITE FIDELITY; SITE SELECTION; UNDERSTORY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AECHMEA MAGDALENAE; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOPHYLLINAE; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 41549121532     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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