Opposite macroevolutionary responses to environmental changes in grasses and insects during the Neogene grassland expansion
Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Publication Date
1-1-1989
Abstract
ABSTRACT. The effect of odour attractants on the composition of samples of Glossina pallidipes Austen was investigated by comparing the age and nutritional status of flies caught in unbaited biconical traps with those caught in traps baited with cow urine and acetone. For both male and female flies, baited traps caught more flies with significantly higher fat content than did unbaited traps. Thus the samples from baited traps were more representative of the population as a whole: males showed a fuller range of the fat/haematin conditions known to occur in the field and proportionately more females were in later stages of the pregnancy cycle, than from unbaited traps. Copyright © 1989, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Keywords
Glossina pallidipes, nutritional status, odour‐baited traps, Tsetse
PubMed ID
2519676
Recommended Citation
RANDOLPH, S., DRANSFIELD, R., & ROGERS, D. (1989). Opposite macroevolutionary responses to environmental changes in grasses and insects during the Neogene grassland expansion. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 3 (3), 297-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00232.x