Trophic habits of aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): Their adaptive significance and relevance to dispersal

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 561-568

  Arbogast, Richard T ^a   Torto, Baldwyn ^b   Willms, Steve ^a   Teal, Peter E A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diets; Dispersal; Phenotypic plasticity; Reproductive capacity; Small hive beetle

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DISPERSAL; HONEYBEE; PEST SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TRAPPING; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

AETHINA TUMIDA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEETLES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 68049088608     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0307     Document Type: Article

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