Host-marking behaviour as a quantitative signal of competition in the walnut fly Rhagoletis juglandis

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 336-344

  Nufio, César R ^a,c   Papaj, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Marking pheromone; Oviposition deterrent; Rhagoletis juglandis; Superparasitism; Tephritidae; Walnut flies

Indexed keywords

FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONE; SITE SELECTION; SUPERPARASITISM;

DIPTERA; JUGLANS; RHAGOLETIS; RHAGOLETIS JUGLANDIS; RHAGOLETIS SUAVIS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 2942566080     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2004.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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