Effects of temperature and genetic stress on life history and fluctuating wing asymmetry in Culex pipiens mosquitoes

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-412

  Mpho, Mandla ^a   Callaghan, Amanda ^a   Holloway, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Culex pipiens; Environmental stress; Fluctuating asymmetry; Inbreeding; Organophosphate resistance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INBREEDING; LIFE HISTORY; TEMPERATURE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0036997142     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2002.050     Document Type: Article

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