Behavior and predation of fruit fly larvae (Anastrepha spp.) (Diptera: Tephritidae) after exiting fruit in four types of habitats in tropical Veracruz, Mexico

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1507-1516

  Aluja, Martín ^a   Sivinski, John ^b   Rull, Juan ^a   Hodgson, Philippa J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastrepha; Antipredator behavior; Mortality factors; Predation; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LARVA; MORTALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ANASTREPHA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 29544440982     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.6.1507     Document Type: Article

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