Female field crickets incur increased parasitism risk when near preferred song

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Martin, Cassandra M ^a   Wagner Jr , William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD CRICKET; FLY; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PREDATOR; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS LINEATICEPS;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK; SEX FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77949697891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009592     Document Type: Article

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