The geometry of search movements of insects in plant canopies

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-45

  Casas, Jérôme ^a,c   Aluja, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

apple fruit fly; canopy; foraging behavior; fruit fly; movement; plant architecture; Rhagoletis pomonella; search theory; searching efficiency

Indexed keywords

APPLE MAGGOT FLY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; PREDATION RISK; RANDOM WALK; SEARCH MOVEMENT;

DIPTERA; RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0030618890     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.1.37     Document Type: Article

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