Intoxicated lepidopterans: How is their fitness affected, and why do they tipple?

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-287

  Miller, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choristoneura fumiferana; Ethanol; Fermentation; Imbibing; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FERMENTATION; FERTILITY; FITNESS; INTOXICATION;

FERMENTATION; FITNESS; FRUIT; IMBIBING; INTOXICATION;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0031399175     PISSN: 00240966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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