Interspecific competition between sibling species larvae of Anopheles arabiensis and An. gambiae

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-170

  Schneider, P ^a   Takken, W ^a   McCall, P J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; An. gambiae s.s.; Anopheles arabiensis; Competition; Fitness; Larvae; Mosquitoes; Sibling species; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUPATION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034125814     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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