Behavioural phase change in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is triggered by tactile stimulation of the antennae

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 937-942

  Cullen, Darron A ^a   Sword, Gregory A ^a   Dodgson, Tim ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antennae; Behaviour; Chortoicetes terminifera; Locust phase polyphenism; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LOCUST; OLFACTORY CUE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; GRASSHOPPER; LOCOMOTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIMULATION; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROWDING; GRASSHOPPERS; LOCOMOTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TOUCH;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTOICETES TERMINIFERA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 77954313547     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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