Medfly populations differ in diel and age patterns of sexual signalling

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-397

  Diamantidis, Alexandros D ^a   Papadopoulos, Nikos T ^a   Carey, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Daily rhythm; Diptera; Mating behaviour; Sexual behaviour; Sterile insect technique; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; FLY; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; KENYA; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 49649103522     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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