Contribution of natural food sources to reproductive behaviour, fecundity and longevity of Ceratitis cosyra, C. fasciventris and C. capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-268

  Manrakhan, A ^a,b   Lux, S A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b Agricultural Research and Extension Unit   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Ceratitis cosyra; Ceratitis fasciventris; Insect demography; Nutritional ecology; Reproductive behaviour; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CARBOHYDRATE; EGG; FECUNDITY; FOOD; HONEYDEW; INSECT; LONGEVITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVIPOSITION; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL DISEASE; APHID; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EGG LAYING; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GUAVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TEPHRITIDAE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; APHIDS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PSIDIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEPHRITIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA;

APHIDIDAE; AVES; CERATITIS COSYRA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; DIPTERA; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 33745129368     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2006421     Document Type: Article

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