Evidence for competitive displacement of ceratitis cosyra by the invasive fruit fly bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) on mango and mechanisms contributing to the displacement

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 981-991

  Ekesi, Sunday ^a   Billah, Maxwell K ^a   Nderitu, Peterson W ^a   Lux, Slawomir A ^a   Rwomushana, Ivan ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bactrocera invadens; Ceratitis cosyra; Competitive displacement; Invasive species; Native species

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; LARVA; MANGO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; LARVA; MANGIFERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEPHRITIDAE;

CERATITIS COSYRA; DIPTERA; MANGIFERA INDICA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 68149167805     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0317     Document Type: Article

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