Upwind flight of tsetse (Glossina spp.) in response to natural and synthetic host odour in the field

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-150

  Torr, S J ^a,b   Mangwiro, T N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Glossina; Host odour; Host seeking; Odour plume; Tsetse fly; Upwind flight

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLIGHT DIRECTION; HOST ODOUR; TSETSE FLY; UPWIND FLIGHT;

ZIMBABWE;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA; GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 0030302231     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00847.x     Document Type: Article

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