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THE BIOLOGY OF POLLENIA RUDIS, THE CLUSTER FLY (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE): IV. A PRELIMINARY MODEL OF THE CLUSTER FLY LIFE CYCLE, AND SOME POSSIBLE METHODS OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

A. J. Thomson
A. J. Thomson
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
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Abstract

To relate the various details of the cluster fly life cycle which have recently appeared in the literature, a preliminary mathematical model is constructed When used to interpret the population data of De Coursey, the relationships of the model were shown to be at least qualitatively sound. From an examination of the parameters which modify the components of the model, some possible control measures are suggested.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 8 , August 1975 , pp. 855 - 863
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

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