Age and size at maturity of the mosquito Culex pipiens infected by the microsporidian parasite Vavraia culicis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1422, 1999, Pages 947-952

  Agnew, Philip ^a   Bedhomme, Stéphanie ^a   Haussy, Claudy ^a   Michalakis, Yannis ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Host; Life history; Reproductive value

Indexed keywords

AGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIZE AT MATURITY;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX PIPIENS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MATURATION; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA; VAVRAIA CULICIS;

EID: 0033532250     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0728     Document Type: Article

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