Exceptional Longevity in the Tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a Close Relative of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly

dc.creator	Duyck, P. F.	en
dc.creator	Kouloussis, N. A.	en
dc.creator	Papadopoulos, N. T.	en
dc.creator	Quilici, S.	en
dc.creator	Carey, J. R.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-23T10:26:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-23T10:26:02Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier	10.1603/ec11055
dc.identifier.issn	0022-0493
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11615/27269
dc.description.abstract	This study shows that the fruit fly, Ceratitis rosa (Karsch), has a significantly longer life span than the medfly, C. capitata (Wiedemann); the species used as a model organism for the demographics of insect aging. This was somewhat surprising given that both have similar distributions and overlapping niches. We postulate that the greater longevity of C. rosa is related to the fact that it can occupy colder habitats where the availability of suitable host plants may be very unpredictable in both time and space.	en
dc.source.uri	<Go to ISI>://WOS:000302784300010
dc.subject	biodemographic study	en
dc.subject	Ceratitis rosa	en
dc.subject	fruit fly	en
dc.subject	longevity	en
dc.subject	tephritidae	en
dc.subject	LA-REUNION	en
dc.subject	FLIES	en
dc.subject	REPRODUCTION	en
dc.subject	CAPITATA	en
dc.subject	FEMALES	en
dc.subject	DIPTERA	en
dc.subject	RATES	en
dc.subject	Entomology	en
dc.title	Exceptional Longevity in the Tephritid, Ceratitis rosa, a Close Relative of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly	en
dc.type	journalArticle	en

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