Diurnal activity patterns of Drosophila subobscura and D. pseudoobscura in sympatric populations

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-41

  Noor, Mohamed A F ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIURNAL PATTERN; FRUIT FLY; SYMPATRY;

NORTH AMERICA;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PERSIMILIS; DROSOPHILA PSEUDOOBSCURA; DROSOPHILA SUBOBSCURA; DROSOPHILIDAE; OBSCURA GROUP;

EID: 0031822397     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0034:DAPODS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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