Aggressive behavior in the antennectomized male cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2221-2228

  Sakura, Midori ^a,b   Aonuma, Hitoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antennectomy; Cuticular substances; Fighting; Insect; Sensory information

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ANTENNECTOMY; ARTICLE; CUTICULAR SUBSTANCES; FIGHTING; GRYLLIDAE; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SENSORY INFORMATION; SMELLING;

ANTENNECTOMY; CUTICULAR SUBSTANCES; FIGHTING; INSECT; SENSORY INFORMATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84878543691     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.079400     Document Type: Article

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