Dispersion of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) at high and low densities and consequences of mismatching dispersions of wild and sterile flies

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 136-146

  Meats, Alfie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bactrocera papayae; Bactrocera tryoni; Dispersion; Extinction; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; FLY; HETEROGENEITY; MONITORING; PATCHINESS; STERILITY; WILD POPULATION;

BACTROCERA PAPAYAE; BACTROCERA TRYONI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 34147150732     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[136:DOFFDT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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