Response of Culex Quinquefasciatus to visual stimuli

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-152

  Wen, Yang ^a,b   Muir, Lynda E ^a   Kay, Brian H ^a  

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

^b Sichuan Inst of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CULEX; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CULEX; FEMALE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031156799     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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