Oviposition site selection: unresponsiveness of Drosophila to cues of potential thermal stress
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The predisposition of Drosophila females to recognize and avoid ovipositing on necrotic fruit that had previously been heated to lethal temperatures but was at moderate temperatures at the time of oviposition was examined. It was found that neither previous experimental heating of fruit nor the presence of heat-killed larvae deterred oviposition in Drosophila melanogaster. It was concluded that temperature was a significant stress for the resulting Drosophila offsprings but could result in stress tolerance in the species.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1997
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Sexual differences in coloration of Coenagrinonid damselflies (Odonata): A case of intraspecific aposematism?
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Coenagrinid damselflies were studied to determine sexual differences in coloration.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
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