Hygropreference behaviour and humidity detection in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-384

  Yu, Hai Ping ^a   Shao, Lin ^a   Xiao, Kai ^a   Mu, Li Li ^a   Li, Guo Qing ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antennectomy; Humidity; Location; Water resource

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BICARBONATE; GRASSHOPPER; HUMIDITY; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URINE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS;

HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; RAMMEACRIS KIANGSU;

EID: 78449235318     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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