Aggression between wild and laboratory-reared sterile males of the Mediterranean fruit fly in a natural habitat (Diptera: Tephritidae

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-108

  Shelly, Todd E ^a,b  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FLY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0034070063     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496237     Document Type: Article

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