Reproductive Biology of Lutzomyia shannoni (Dyar) (Diptera: Psychodidae) Under Experimental Conditions

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 158-170

  Cárdenas, Estrella ^a   Ferro, Cristina ^a   Corrector, Dario ^b   Martínez, Orlando ^b   Munstermann, Leonard E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Heritability; Intrinsic rate of increase; Life cycle; Lutzomyia shannoni; Oviposition; Phlebotomine sand flies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; OOCYTE; PSYCHODIDAE; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVUM; PSYCHODIDAE; REPRODUCTION; WEATHER;

EID: 0042014812     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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