Flight periodicities and vertical distribution of Aedes cantons (Mg.), Ae. geniculatus (Ol.), Anopheles plumbeus Steph. and Culex pipiens L. (Dipt., Culicidae) in southern England

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1971, Pages 639-651

  Service, M W ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

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EID: 0642383934     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300042395     Document Type: Article

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