Turbulent plumes of heat, moist heat, and carbon dioxide elicit upwind anemotaxis in tsetse flies Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1149-1155

  Evans, W G ^a   Gooding, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMOCOUPLES; WIND TUNNELS;

MOIST HEAT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HOST LOCATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TSETSE FLY; WIND DIRECTION;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 0036939995     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-101     Document Type: Article

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