Influence of odour plume structure on upwind flight of mosquitoes towards hosts

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1639-1648

  Geier, Martin ^a   Bosch, Oliver Jörg ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Attraction; Carbon dioxide; Host finding; Lactic acid; Mosquito; Odour plume; Upwind flight

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 0033065474     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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