Stridulatory organ morphology, acoustics, and function in the red imported fire ant /

The purpose of this research was to determine whether stridulation in the red imported fire ant (RIFA) serves a significant communicative function. Three general objectives were developed. 1) Characterize the stridulatory organ (SO). 2) Determine the information content of the signal through an acou...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Rauth, Steven Joseph
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2001.
Subjects:	Major entomology.
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy