On the role of blue shadows in the visual behaviour of tsetse flies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Steverding, Dietmar ^a   Troscianko, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue shadows; Colour attractants; Glossina; Tsetse flies; Visual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEHAVIOR; COLOR; TSETSE FLY; VISION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOSSINA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TSETSE FLY; VISION;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 0442307554     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0121     Document Type: Article

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