Interkingdom responses of flies to bacteria mediated by fly physiology and bacterial quorum sensing

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1449-1456

  Tomberlin, Jeffery K ^a   Crippen, Tawni L ^b   Tarone, Aaron M ^a   Singh, Baneshwar ^a   Adams, Kelsey ^a   Rezenom, Yohannes H ^a   Benbow, M Eric ^c   Flores, Micah ^a   Longnecker, Michael ^a   Pechal, Jennifer L ^c   Russell, David H ^a   Beier, Ross C ^b   Wood, Thomas K ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^d Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic entomology; Lucilia sericata; Proteus mirabilis; Resource pulse

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIET; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWARMING; WILD POPULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLIPHORIDAE; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 84870401703     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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