Effects of post-teneral diet on foraging success of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-230

  Maor, M ^a   Kamensky, B ^a   Shloush, S ^a   Yuval, B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Diptera; Nutritional ecology; Sterile insect technique; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 1642291891     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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