Mud-puddling in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu (Oedipodidae: Orthoptera): Does it detect and prefer salts or nitrogenous compounds from human urine?

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-84

  Shen, Ke ^a   Wang, Hao Jie ^b   Shao, Lin ^a   Xiao, Kai ^a   Shu, Jin Ping ^b   Xu, Tian Sen ^b   Li, Guo Qing ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Attractant; Phagostimulant; Repellent; Sodium

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM BICARBONATE; BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA;

AMMONIA; ATTRACTANT; BAMBOO; CHEMICAL CUE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; INORGANIC SALT; NITROGEN COMPOUND; REPELLENT; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINE;

ANIMALS; BICARBONATES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UREA; URINE;

ORTHOPTERA; RAMMEACRIS KIANGSU;

EID: 57849101060     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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