Characteristics of Anopheles minimus (Diptera: Culicidae) larval habitats in northern Thailand

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 134-141

  Overgaard, H J ^a   Tsuda, Y ^a,b   Suwonkerd, W ^a,c   Takagi, M ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Breeding; Mosquito larvae; Vegetation; Water velocity

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHIANG MAI; THAILAND;

ANOPHELES MINIMUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FILICOPHYTA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0036488352     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.1.134     Document Type: Article

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