Warm and cozy: Temperature and predation risk interactively affect oviposition site selection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 553-558

  Stahlschmidt, Zachary R ^a   Adamo, Shelley A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cricket; Decision making; Gryllus texensis; Nest site selection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CRICKET; DECISION MAKING; FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; NEST; OVIPOSITION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PREDATION RISK; SITE SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS TEXENSIS;

EID: 84882811085     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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