Desiccation resistance of adult Queensland fruit flies Bactrocera tryoni decreases with age

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-390

  Weldon, Christopher W ^a,b   Taylor, Phillip W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Starvation resistance; Stress; Survival; Tephritidae; Wing length

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; FLY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS;

BACTROCERA TRYONI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 78449244159     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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