Effects of Environmental Factors on Abundance of Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae) Larvae and Their Seasonal Fluctuation in Taiwan

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 324-328

  Teng, Hwa Jen ^a   Wu, Yen Li ^a   Wang, Shyi Jyi ^a   Lin, Chao ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anopheles minimus; Environment; Seasonal fluctuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000879950     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.324     Document Type: Article

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