Using automated flight mills to manipulate fat reserves in Douglas-fir beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 850-856

  Williams, Wyatt I ^a   Robertson, Ian C ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroctonus pseudotsugae; Douglas fir beetle; Fat reserves; Insect flight; Soxhlet extraction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BEETLE; FAT RESERVE; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FLYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAT BODY; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DENDROCTONUS PSEUDOTSUGAE; HEXAPODA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 50949097215     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[850:UAFMTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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