Aedes aegypti: Size, reserves, survival, and flight potential

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-31

  Briegel, Hans ^a   Knüsel, Irène ^a   Timmermann, Susanne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Body size; Flight potential; Reserves; Survival

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLYING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GLYCOGEN; LIPID METABOLISM; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STARVATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035379241     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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