Spectral sensitivity and visual conditioning in the parasitoid wasp Trybliographa rapae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-245

  Brown, P E ^a,b   Frank, C P ^b   Groves, H L ^b   Anderson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR VISION; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; PARASITOID WASP; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPOBRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CYNIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRYBLIOGRAPHA; TRYBLIOGRAPHA RAPAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031861569     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300025864     Document Type: Article

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