The effect of temperature on the behaviour and development of Triatoma brasiliensis

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 185-191

  Guarneri, Alessandra A ^a   Lazzari, Claudio ^b   Xavier, Ana Amélia P ^a   Diotaiuti, Liléia ^a   Lorenzo, Marcelo G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Chagas vectors; Microclimate; Temperature; Triatoma

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0141504219     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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