Effects of crowding on populations of Aedes albifasciatus larvae under laboratory conditions

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-140

  Gleiser, Raquel M ^a   Urrutia, Jorge ^a   Gorla, David E ^a  

^a Ctro Regl Invest Cie Y T   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aedes albifasciatus; Culicidae; Density dependence; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ARGENTINA;

AEDES ALBIFASCIATUS; ALPHAVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0034110792     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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