Canopy distribution and microclimate preferences of sterile and wild Queensland fruit flies

Abstract Insects tend to live within well-defined habitats, and at smaller scales can have distinct microhabitat preferences. These preferences are important, but often overlooked, in applications of the sterile insect technique. Different microhabitat preferences of sterile and wild insects may ref...

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Main Authors: Jess R. Inskeep, Andrew P. Allen, Phillip W. Taylor, Polychronis Rempoulakis, Christopher W. Weldon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92218-8