Mosquito studies in Belize, Central America: Records, taxonomic notes, and a checklist of species

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-276

  Pecor, James E ^a   Harbach, Ralph E ^b   Peyton, E L ^a   Roberts, Donald R ^c   Rejmankova, Eliska ^d   Manguin, Sylvie ^c,e   Palanko, Jorge ^f  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^f Epidemiological Research Center   (Belize)

Author keywords

Belize; Bionomics; Checklist; Culicidae; Distribution; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

CULICIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CULEX; ENVIRONMENT; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; BELIZE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036988007     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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