Social interaction facilitates reproduction in male German cockroaches, Blattella germanica

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1501-1509

  Uzsák, Adrienn ^a   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica, German cockroach; Group living; Sexual maturation; Sexual readiness; Social interaction; Solitary

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COCKROACH; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FACILITATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATURATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84879250967     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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