Re-examination of the roles of environmental factors in the control of body-color polyphenism in solitarious nymphs of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria with special reference to substrate color and humidity

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-101

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a   Harano, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Nishide, Yudai ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body color polyphenism; Green brown polyphenism; Phase change; Schistocerca gregaria; Substrate color

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD QUALITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAELIFERA; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMIDITY; MALE; NYMPH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMIDITY; MALE; NYMPH; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEX FACTORS;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 84855197708     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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