Oviposition habitat selection by mosquitoes (Culiseta longiareolata) and consequences for population size

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 669-679

  Spencer, Matthew ^a,d   Blaustein, Leon ^a   Cohen, Joel E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive oviposition behavior; Biological control; Culiseta longiareolata; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Habitat selection; Notonecta maculata; Population dynamics; Risk of predation; Stage structured population model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HABITAT SELECTION; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION RISK;

CULICIDAE; CULISETA; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; NOTONECTA; NOTONECTA MACULATA; NOTONECTIDAE;

EID: 0001045044     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0669:OHSBMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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