Evaluation of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae) and Toxorhynchites speciosus as integrated predators of mosquitoes in tire habitats in Queensland

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 414-420

  Brown, Michael D ^a   Hendrikz, Joan K ^b   Greenwood, Jack G ^b   Kay, Brian H ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CRUSTACEA; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUEENSLAND; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030236519     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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