Social facilitation of insect reproduction with motor-driven tactile stimuli

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1783, 2014, Pages

  Uzsák, Adrienn ^a   Dieffenderfer, James ^b   Bozkurt, Alper ^b   Schal, Coby ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Reproduction; Social facilitation; Tactile stimuli

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; CONSPECIFIC; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; EVOLUTION; FISH; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CORAL REEFS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FISHES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84902665522     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0325     Document Type: Article

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