Soldiers' armature changes seasonally and locally in an eusocial aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 429-436

  Hattorir, Mitsuru ^a   Itino, Takao ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caste morphology; Ceratovacunajaponica; Defense; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation pressure

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 52249113129     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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