Dr Christopher Weldon's Publications
Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre for Invasion BiologyStellenbosch, South Africa
Research field: Biological Sciences - Animal Physiology
Environmental physiology
Interactions between aging, behaviour and nutrition
Insect behaviour, ecology and physiology
Sterile insect technique
Tephritidae
Generic (1) | Journal Article (21)
Journal Article
P. W. Taylor, D. Pérez-Staples, C. W. Weldon, S. R. Collins, B. G. Fanson, S. Yap, C. Smallridge
(2011) Post-teneral nutrition as an influence on reproductive development, sexual performance and longevity of Queensland fruit flies. In Journal of Applied Entomology.
Diana Pérez-Staples, Christopher W. Weldon, Phillip W. Taylor
(2011) Sex differences in developmental response to yeast hydrolysate supplements in adult Queensland fruit fly, 103-113. In Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
141 (2).
Christopher W Weldon, Phillip W Taylor
(2011) Sexual development of wild and mass-reared male Queensland fruit flies in response to natural food sources, 17-24. In Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
139 (1).
A R Clarke, K S Powell, C W Weldon, P W Taylor
(2011) The ecology of Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae): what do we know to assist pest management?, 26-54. In Annals of Applied Biology
158 (1).
Christopher W. Weldon, John S. Terblanche, Steven L. Chown
(2011) Time-course for attainment and reversal of acclimation to constant temperature in two Ceratitis species. In Journal of Thermal Biology.
Christopher W Weldon, John Prenter, Phillip W Taylor
(2010) Activity patterns of Queensland fruit flies (<i>Bactrocera tryoni</i>) are affected by both mass-rearing and sterilization, 148-153. In Physiological Entomology
35 (2).
Diana Pérez-Staples, Christopher W Weldon, Preethi Radhakrishnan, John Prenter, Phillip W Taylor
(2010) Control of copula duration and sperm storage by female Queensland fruit flies., 1755-1762. In Journal of insect physiology
56 (12).
Christopher W Weldon, Phillip W Taylor
(2010) Desiccation resistance of adult Queensland fruit flies, Bactrocera tryoni, decreases with age, 385-390. In Physiological Entomology.
Christopher Weldon, A Meats
(2010) Dispersal of mass-reared sterile, laboratory-domesticated and wild male Queensland fruit flies, 16-25. In Journal of Applied Entomology
134 (1).
Preethi Radhakrishnan, Diana Pérez-Staples, Christopher W Weldon, Phillip W Taylor
(2009) Multiple mating and sperm depletion in male Queensland fruit flies: effects on female remating behaviour, 839-846. In Animal Behaviour
78 (4).
Benjamin G Fanson, Christopher W Weldon, Diana Pérez-Staples, Stephen J Simpson, Phillip W Taylor
(2009) Nutrients, not caloric restriction, extend lifespan in Queensland fruit flies (<i>Bactrocera tryoni</i>)., 514-23. In Aging Cell
8 (5).
S R Collins, Christopher W Weldon, C Banos, Phillip W Taylor
(2009) Optimizing irradiation dose for sterility induction and quality of <i>Bactrocera tryoni</i>, 1791-1800. In Journal of Economic Entomology
102 (5).
Diana Pérez-Staples, Christopher W Weldon, Catherine Smallridge, Phillip W Taylor
(2009) Pre-release feeding on yeast hydrolysate enhances sexual competitiveness of sterile male Queensland fruit flies in field cages, 159-166. In Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
131 (2).
S R Collins, Christopher W Weldon, Phillip W Taylor
(2008) Effects of field cage colour and supplementary shade on environmental conditions and mating behaviour of Queensland fruit flies, Bactrocera tryoni, 142-147. In Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
129 (2).
S R Collins, Christopher W Weldon, C Banos, Phillip W Taylor
(2008) Effects of irradiation dose rate on quality and sterility of Queensland fruit flies, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), 398-405. In Journal of Applied Entomology
132 (5).
Christopher W Weldon, Diana Pérez-Staples, Phillip W Taylor
(2008) Feeding on yeast hydrolysate enhances attraction to cue-lure in Queensland fruit flies, <i>Bactrocera tryoni</i>, 200-209. In Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
129 (2).
Christopher W Weldon
(2007) Influence of male aggregation size on female visitation in <i>Bactrocera tryoni</i> (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae), 29-34. In Australian Journal of Entomology
46 (1).
Christopher Weldon, Alan W Meats
(2007) Short-range dispersal of recently emerged males and females of Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) monitored by sticky sphere traps baited with protein and Lynfield traps baited with cue-lure, 160-166. In Australian Journal of Entomology
46 (2).
Christopher W Weldon
(2005) Marking Queensland fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera tryoni</i> (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) with fluorescent pigments: pupal emergence, adult mortality, and visibility and persistence of marks, 7-13. In General and Applied Entomology.
Christopher W Weldon
(2005) Mass-rearing and sterilisation alter mating behaviour of male Queensland fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera tryoni</i> (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae), 158-163. In Australian Journal of Entomology
44 (2).
Christopher W Weldon
(2003) Effectiveness of coloured unbaited sticky traps for monitoring dispersal of gamma-irradiated Queensland fruit fly <i>Bactrocera tryoni</i> (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae), 55-60. In General and Applied Entomology.
