Egg-laying decisions based on olfactory cues enhance offspring fitness in Stomoxys calcitrans L. (Diptera: Muscidae)

Selection of oviposition substrate is critical in holometabolous insects. Female stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans, locate and select vertebrate herbivore dung in which they lay their eggs. However, the preference for vertebrate herbivore dung by S. calcitrans females, its fitness consequences for o...

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Autores principales: Baleba, Steve B. S., Torto, Baldwyn, Masiga, Daniel, Weldon, Christopher W., Getahun, Merid N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6405918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30846772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40479-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6405918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30846772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40479-9

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