Predation by odonates depresses mosquito abundance in water-filled tree holes in Panama

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 244-253

  Fincke, Ola M ^a   Yanoviak, Stephen P ^a   Hanschu, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Keystone predators; Mosquito control; Neotropics; Odonata

Indexed keywords

LOWLAND MOIST FOREST; MOSQUITO LARVA; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

PANAMA, BARRO COLORADO ISLAND;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ODONATA;

EID: 0030883694     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050307     Document Type: Article

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