Diel oviposition and fecundity of Anopheles oswaldoi in Trinidad, West Indies

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 402-405

  Chadee, Dave D ^a   Beier, John C ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0030239271     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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