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Dispersal in Aphids, A Problem in Resource Allocation

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Insect Flight

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Although weak and clumsy fliers, aphids have by riding the winds achieved amazing feats of dispersal (Elton 1925). The tendency to disperse is an adaptation (Johnson 1969) that has enabled aphids to spread the chance of survival in space, and to seek out and colonize plants that are of above average quality. Although the speed and direction of flight is usually governed by the wind, aphids nevertheless, by choosing when to fly (Dixon and Mercer 1983) and terminating their flight by actively flying downwards (Thomas et al. 1977), have some control over the distance they travel.

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    M. T. Howard

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  1. Department of Zoology, The University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia

    Wijesiri Danthanarayana

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Dixon, A.F.G., Howard, M.T. (1986). Dispersal in Aphids, A Problem in Resource Allocation. In: Danthanarayana, W. (eds) Insect Flight. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71155-8_10

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