Flying to feed or flying to mate: Gender differences in the flight activity of tsetse (Glossina palpalis)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-92

  Adlington, David ^a   Randolph, Sarah E ^a   Rogers, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy partitioning; Epigamic behaviour; Fat; Flight activity; Reproduction; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

GLOSSINA PALPALIS; DIPTERA; GLOSSINIDAE;

FAT CONTENT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FOOD INTAKE; TSETSE;

EID: 0030302235     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00839.x     Document Type: Article

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