Indigenous and invasive fruit fly diversity along an altitudinal transect in eastern central tanzania

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Geurts, Katrien ^a   Mwatawala, Maulid ^b   Meyer, Marc De ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bactrocera; Ceratitis; climate change; inter specific competition

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CERATITIS; CERATITIS COSYRA; CERATITIS ROSA; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; TEPHRITIDAE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84865771154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.012.1201     Document Type: Article

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