Oviposition site selection by mosquitoes is affected by cues from conspecific larvae and anuran tadpoles

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-37

  Mokany, A ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Crinia; Culex; Interphyletic competition; Limnodynastes; Ochlerotatus

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FROG; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; SITE SELECTION;

ANURA; CRINIA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; LIMNODYNASTES; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; OCHLEROTATUS AUSTRALIS; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 0037331814     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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