The effect of noise on sexual behaviour of the southern green stink bug nezara viridula

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-182

  Polajnar, Jernej ^a   Čokl, Andrej ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Nezara viridula; Noise; Pentatomidae; Sexual behaviour; Vibrational communication

Indexed keywords

NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 77952028708     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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