Visits to manipulated flowers by Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae): Partitioning the signals of petals and anthers

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-45

  Golding, Y C ^a   Sullivan, M S ^a   Sutherland, J P ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthers; Brassicaceae; Petals; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

BRACUS RAPAE; EPISYRPHUS BALTEATUS;

EID: 0033011798     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020925030522     Document Type: Article

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