Flight patterns of Gryllotalpa africana (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in South africa

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1431-1435

  De Graaf, Johan ^a   Schoeman, A T S ^a   Brandenburg, Rick L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Mole cricket; Moon phase; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLOTALPA AFRICANA; GRYLLOTALPIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 7644228227     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.5.1431     Document Type: Article

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