Sensory Cues Involved in Social Facilitation of Reproduction in Blattella germanica Females

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Uzsák, Adrienn ^a   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; CHEMICAL CUE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TACTILE FEEDBACK; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; CUES; FEMALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; REPRODUCTION; SENSATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 84873559169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055678     Document Type: Article

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