Effects of variations in a formulated protein meal on the fecundity and fertility of female mosquitoes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-264

  Cosgrove, Jonathan B ^a   Wood, Roger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles stephensi; blood substitutes; fecundity; fertility; membrane feeding; mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BOVINAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030186141     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00740.x     Document Type: Article

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