Larval foraging behaviour and competition in Drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-64

  Ruiz Dubreuil, Gladys ^a   Burnet, Barrie ^b   Connolly, Kevin ^b   Furness, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Competition; Drosophila melanogaster; Foraging; Larvae

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED OVIPOSITION; COMPETITION; DEVELOPMENT; FLY LARVA; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GROWTH;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; PHENOTYPE; PUPA;

EID: 0029666903     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.7     Document Type: Article

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