Light conditions affect sexual performance in a lekking tephritid fruit fly

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2595-2602

  Díaz Fleischer, Francisco ^a   Arredondo, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b Programa Moscamed   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Copulation behaviour; Courtship display; Diptera; Early experience; Light spectrum; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 79960695249     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.055004     Document Type: Article

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