Flight variability in the woodwasp Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae): an analysis of flight data using wavelets

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 731-737

  Bruzzone, Octavio A ^a   Villacide, José M ^a   Bernstein, Carlos ^b   Corley, Juan C ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Flight mill; Insect dispersal; Insect flight; Time series

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; WASPS;

HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; SIREX NOCTILIO; SIRICIDAE;

EID: 62849121982     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.022517     Document Type: Article

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