Colour choice behaviour in the pollen beetle Meligethes aeneus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 360-378

  Döring, Thomas F ^a,b   Skellern, Matthew ^c   Watts, Nigel ^c   Cook, Samantha M ^c  

^a The Organic Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Colour opponent mechanism; Colour vision; Oilseed rape; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLEN; REFLECTANCE; TRAPPING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS; COLEOPTERA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 84870299093     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2012.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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