Behavioural ecology: The menopausal aphid glue-bomb

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2010, Pages R559-R560

  Foster, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APHID; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 77955381066     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.05.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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