Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the flight activity of fopius arisanus, an egg-pupal parasitoid of fruit fly pests

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 896-903

  Rousse, P ^a   Gourdon, F ^a   Roubaud, M ^a   Chiroleu, F ^a   Quilici, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Biological control; Circadian rhythm; Climatic parameters; Host selection; Physiological state

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRY; BIOASSAY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EGG PARASITOID; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLY; HOST SELECTION; HUMIDITY; LIGHT INTENSITY; STARVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

FOPIUS ARISANUS; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLYING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MALE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE; WASP;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; PUPA; SEX FACTORS; TEPHRITIDAE; WASPS;

EID: 68049093883     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0344     Document Type: Article

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