The gecko: An environmentally friendly biological agent for mosquito control

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-323

  Canyon, D V ^a   Hii, J L K ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes vigilax; Anopheles annulipes; Australia; Biological control; Competetive displacement; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex sitiens; Geckoes; Gehyra dubia; Hemidactylus frenatus; Mosquitoes; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MOSQUITO;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES NOTOSCRIPTUS; AEDES VIGILAX; AEDES VITTIGER; ANOPHELES ANNULIPES; COQUILLETTIDIA XANTHOGASTER; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX SITIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GEHYDRA DUBIA; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS;

EID: 0031254972     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00416.x     Document Type: Article

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