Crickets groom to avoid lethal parasitoids

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Vincent, Crystal M ^a   Bertram, Susan M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

grooming; Gryllus texensis; host parasite; Ormia ochracea; parasite; parasitoid; planidia; tachinid; Texas field cricket

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; CRICKET; FLY; GRASS; GROOMING; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SELECTION;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS TEXENSIS; ORMIA OCHRACEA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 72149105597     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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