A seasonal shift in egg-laying behaviour in response to cues of future competition in a treehole mosquito

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 805-818

  Edgerly, J S ^a   McFarland, M ^b   Morgan, P ^b   Livdahl, T ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Competition; Density dependent; Habitat selection; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION RISK; SEASONALITY;

UNITED STATES;

AEDES TRISERIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031667096     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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