Evidence for Visually Mediated Copulation Frequency in the Scarab Beetle Anomala corpulenta

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 175-182

  Miao, Jin ^a   Wu, Yu Qing ^a   Li, Ke Bin ^b   Jiang, Yue Li ^a   Gong, Zhong jun ^a   Duan, Yun ^a   Li, Tong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Anomala corpulenta; body color; circularly polarized light; mating behavior; polarization vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925496840     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: 15728889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-015-9487-3     Document Type: Article

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