A Simultaneous Census of the Potential and Actual Food Sources of the Tsetse Fly Glossina swynnertoni Austen
- 1 February 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Animal Ecology
- Vol. 31 (1) , 151-156
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2336
Abstract
At Tarangire in the Northern Province of Tanganyika, warthog, rhinoceros and buffalo comprise respectively, in terms of numbers of individuals, 3, 0.2 and 0.02% of the large mammal population (dik-dik size and above). These same 3 mammal species provided respectively 77.2 and 14% of the food of G. swynnertoni. Impala, 70% of the mammal population, provided less than 1 % of the G. swynnertoni feeds. It is calculated that each warthog loses on the average 13-27 g of blood per day to the tsetse.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Factors Influencing the Staple Food of Tsetse FliesJournal of Animal Ecology, 1958
- A Mixed Population of Glossina morsitans and G. swynnertoniJournal of Animal Ecology, 1953
- A Census of the Tsetse-fly Glossina pallidipes Austen and of its Host AnimalsJournal of Animal Ecology, 1953