Failure to Predict Abundance of Saltmarsh Mosquitoes Aedes sollicitans and A. taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) by Using Variables of Tide and Weather

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 200-204

  Ailes, Marilyn Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b AEGIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes sollicitans; Aedes taeniorhynchus; Population; Prediction; Weather

Indexed keywords

AEDES SOLLICITANS; AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

SEA WATER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW JERSEY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEATHER;

EID: 0032060370     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.200     Document Type: Article

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