Observation of movement and activity via radio-telemetry reveals diurnal behavior of the neotropical katydid philophyllia ingens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Ecotropica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Fornoff, Felix ^a   Dechmann, Dina K N ^a,b   Wikelski, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Bushcrickets; Home range; Movement; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881231946     PISSN: 09493026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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