Ecology of Larval Mosquitoes, with Special Reference to Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culcidae) in Market-Garden Wells in Urban Dakar, Senegal

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 948-955

  Robert, V ^a   Awono Ambene, H P ^a,b   Thioulouse, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Ecology; Larvae; Multivariate analysis; Senegal

Indexed keywords

AEDEOMYIA; ALGAE; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELINAE; BIOMPHALARIA; BULINUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICINAE; DIPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LACTUCA; LEMNA; MOLLUSCA; NOTONECTIDAE; PISTIA STRATIOTES;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; ECOLOGY; HEALTH; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SENEGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ECOLOGY; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SEASONS; SENEGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032199068     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.6.948     Document Type: Article

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