Spatial pattern of abundance of the mosquito, Ochlerotatus albifasciatus, in relation to habitat characteristics

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 364-371

  Gleiser, Raquel M ^a,b,c   Schelotto, G ^b   Gorla, D E ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Culicidae; Diptera; GIS; Habitat preferences; Mar Chiquita; Ochlerotatus albifasciatus; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; BOS TAURUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0347928813     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2002.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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