Dose-related upwind anemotaxis and movement up odour gradients in still air in the presence of methyl eugenol by the wild tobacco fly, Bactrocera cacuminata

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-47

  Meats, A ^a   Osborne, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anemotaxis; Bactrocera; Chemotaxis; Methyl eugenol; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; CONCENTRATION; FLY; OLFACTORY CUE; WIND;

BACTROCERCA CACUMINATA; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034104008     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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