Feeding substrates and behaviors of Western cherry fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 172-180

  Yee, Wee L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding behavior; Feeding ecology; Protein; Rhagoletis indifferens; Sugar

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEEDING GROUND; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAZING; PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRUNUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; PRUNUS; SEX FACTORS; TEPHRITIDAE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

APHIDIDAE; AVES; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; DIPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS AVIUM; PYRUS; RHAGOLETIS INDIFFERENS; TEPHRITIDAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 39749153468     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[172:FSABOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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