Triple Cage Olfactometer for Evaluating Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Attraction Responses

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 330-334

  Posey, K H ^a   Barnard, D R ^a   Schreck, C E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractants; Behavior; Mosquito; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ETHOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; ODOR;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULICIDAE; ETHOLOGY; SMELL;

EID: 0032062407     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.330     Document Type: Article

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