Developmental rates at constant temperatures of three economically important Ceratitis spp. (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Southern Africa

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1310-1317

  Grout, Tim G ^a   Stoltz, Kim C ^a  

^a CITRUS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Ceratitis cosyra; Ceratitis rosa; Developmental thresholds; Models

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE TABLE; LIMITING FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TEPHRITIDAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TEPHRITIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; CERATITIS COSYRA; CERATITIS ROSA; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 40549112299     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1310:DRACTO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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