Same-sex sexual behaviour and mistaken identity in male field crickets, Teleogryllus oceanicus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1031-1038

  Bailey, Nathan W ^a   French, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dominance; Field cricket; Mistaken identity; Same sex sexual behaviour; Teleogryllus oceanicus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; CRICKET; FIELD SURVEY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALE BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLINAE; HEXAPODA; TELEOGRYLLUS OCEANICUS;

EID: 84866919203     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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