Infestation of fruit by conspecific and heterospecific females deters oviposition in two Tephritidae fruit fly species

Tephritidae fruit fly larvae develop entirely in the host chosen by the females. To improve the fitness of their progeny, females would benefit from rejecting previously exploited hosts. Anastrepha fraterculus and Ceratitis capitata are two species of fruit flies having similar nutritional requireme...

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Main Authors: Liendo, María Clara, Parreño, María Alejandra, Pietrek, Alejandro G., Bouvet, Juan Pedro, Milla, Fabian Horacio, Vera, María Teresa, Cladera, Jorge Luis, Segura, Diego Fernando
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7893
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jen.12791
https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12791

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