Mosquito abundance is correlated with cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) colony size

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-120

  Brown, Charles R ^a   Sethi, Rajni A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Cliff swallow; Coloniality; Culex tarsalis; Mosquito attraction; Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Indexed keywords

AEDES VEXANS; CULEX TARSALIS; PETROCHELIDON; PETROCHELIDON PYRRHONOTA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; FEMALE; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; SONGBIRD;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0036359669     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.115     Document Type: Article

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