Diurnal flight behavior of ichneumonoidea (insecta: Hymenoptera) related to environmental factors in a tropical dry forest

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-593

  Gonzlez Moreno, A ^a   Bordera, S ^a   Leirana Alcocer, J ^b   Delfin Gonzlez H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Universidad Autnoma de Yucatn   (Mexico)

Author keywords

activity; Braconidae; Ichneumonidae; relative humidity; temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HUMIDITY; LIGHT EFFECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNLIGHT; WASP; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MEXICO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUNLIGHT; WASPS; WEATHER;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; RIA LAGARTOS BIOSPHERE RESERVE; YUCATAN;

EID: 84862571464     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN11194     Document Type: Article

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