Competition and resistance to starvation in larvae of container-inhabiting Aedes mosquitoes

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-127

  Barrera, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Aedes triseriatus; Competition; Mosquito larvae; Respiration; Species coexistence; Starvation resistance

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; AEDES TRISERIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

COMPETITIVENESS; STARVATION RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030467069     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1996.tb01178.x     Document Type: Article

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