Role of habitat components on the dynamics of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from New Orleans

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-320

  Comiskey, Nora M ^a   Lowrie Jr , Robert C ^a   Wesson, Dawn M ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Ascogregarina taiwanensis; Dynamics; Habitat nutrients

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ASCOGREGARINA TAIWANENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MALPIGHIA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; FEMALE; LOUISIANA; MALE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; REPRODUCTION; WING;

EID: 0033129977     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.313     Document Type: Article

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