Influence of Plant Abundance on Nectar Feeding by Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southern Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 589-593

  Martinez Ibarra, Jose Alejandro ^c   Rodriguez, Mario H ^a,c   Arredondo Jimenez, Juan I ^c   Yuval, Boaz ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Mexico; Sugar feeding ecology

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MEXICO; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; OVARY; PLANTS;

EID: 0031263292     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.6.589     Document Type: Article

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