Mating competitiveness of irradiated flies for screwworm fly eradication campaigns

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Mayer, David G ^a   Atzeni, Michael G ^b   Stuart, Megan A ^a   Anaman, Kwabena A ^c   Butler, David G ^b  

^a Queensland Beef Industry Institute   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Population dynamics; Screwworm fly; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYIASIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SCREW WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0032540798     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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