Avoidance of conspecific odour by carabid beetles: a mechanism for the emergence of scale-free searching patterns

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 585-591

  Guy, Adam G ^a   Bohan, David A ^b   Powers, Stephen J ^b   Reynolds, Andrew M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carabid; conspecific avoidance; L vy flight; optimal searching strategy; Pterostichus melanarius

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEETLE; CONSPECIFIC; EMERGENCE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; ODOR;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS;

EID: 49149126667     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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