Cannibalism and predation among larvae of the Anopheles gambiae complex

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-66

  Koenraadt, C J M ^a   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

An. gambiae; An. quadriannulatus; Anopheles arabiensis; Cannibalism; Competition; Kenya; Larval populations; Malarial vectors; Mosquito larvae; Population dynamics; Predation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CANNIBALISM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PREDATION;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CANNIBALISM; DNA; FECES; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES QUADRIANNULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0037356917     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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