Adult mortality and oviposition rates in field and captive populations of the blowfly Lucilia sericata

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 727-734

  Pitts, K M ^a   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Diptera; Life history; Lucilia sericata; Mortality; Myiasis; Oviposition; Weather

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; SURVIVORSHIP;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 10344244527     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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