Previous motor experience enhances courtship behavior in male cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-180

  Dyakonova, Varvara ^a   Krushinsky, Alexey ^b  

^a KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Flight; Insect; Motor experience; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 42449126990     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-008-9117-4     Document Type: Article

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