Sex differences in olfaction-mediated visual acuity in blowflies and its consequences for gender-specific trapping

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Aak, Anders ^a   Knudsen, Geir K ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calliphora vicina; Calliphoridae; Diptera; Lucilia; Mouse carcass; Pollenia; Saprophagy; Trap development; Vision; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; FLY; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY CUE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SEX RATIO; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TRAPPING; VISUAL CUE; WIND TUNNEL;

CALLIPHORA; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; LUCILIA (BLOWFLY); MUS; POLLENIA;

EID: 79952526016     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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