What can parasitoid wasps teach us about decision-making in insects?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-55

  Libersat, Frederic ^a   Gal, Ram ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ampulex compressa; Behaviour; Motivation; Neuron; Periplaneta americana; Venom

Indexed keywords

WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WALKING; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; WALKING; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

AMPULEX COMPRESSA; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

EID: 84871181776     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.073999     Document Type: Review

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