Effect of Air Temperature and Humidity on the Survival of Pre-Imaginal Stages of Two Flea Species (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 629-637

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Fielden, Laura J ^b   Burdelova, Nadezhda V ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Relative humidity; Survival; Temperature; Xenopsylla conformis; Xenopsylla ramesis

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; INSECT; OOCYTE; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; ANIMALS; FLEAS; HUMIDITY; OVUM; PUPA; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035464373     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.5.629     Document Type: Article

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