Proliferating bacterial symbionts on house fly eggs affect oviposition behaviour of adult flies

Animals commonly leave scent messages by depositing pheromones, faeces, or urine. The intensity of a chemical message may fade over time, but the ‘intention’ remains the same. We argue that house flies, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), require a message with evolving (sensu changing over time) i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 2007-07, Vol.74 (1), p.81-92
Hauptverfasser:	Lam, Kevin, Babor, Daron, Duthie, Bruce, Babor, Elisa-Marie, Moore, Margo, Gries, Gerhard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal cognition Animal ethology Animal manures Animal reproduction bacterial symbiont Biological and medical sciences communication ecology Diptera Eggs Entomology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology house fly Insects Klebsiella oxytoca Larvae Manures microhabitat management Musca domestica Muscidae Offspring Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry reproductive strategy signalling
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