Bacterial interactions with necrophagous flies

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 799-809

  Thompson, Christopher R ^a   Brogan, Rebecca S ^a   Scheifele, Lisa Z ^a   Rivers, David B ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregation; bacterium; calliphorid; carrion; larva

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BACTERIUM; CARRION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; FLY; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION; SIGNAL;

EID: 84888161452     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN12057     Document Type: Article

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