What weta want: Colour preferences of a frugivorous insect

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-276

  Fadzly, Nik ^a,b   Burns, K C ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Colour; Fleshy fruits; New Zealand; Weta

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; INSECT; LIGHT EFFECT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SHRUB; VISION;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

COPROSMA ACEROSA; HEMIDEINA; HEMIDEINA CRASSIDENS; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449233570     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-010-9109-0     Document Type: Article

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