Effects of larval density on the size of Aedes polynesiensis adults (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 702-708

  Mercer, David R ^a,b  

^a Inst Terr Rech Medicales Louis M   (French Polynesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes polynesiensis; French Polynesia; Mosquito size; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; POLYNESIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPA;

EID: 0033220165     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/36.6.702     Document Type: Article

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