Larval feeding behavior of three co-occuring species of container mosquitoes

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-322

  Yee, Donald A ^a   Kesavaraju, Banugopan ^a   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Culex pipiens; Foraging; Ochlerotatus triseriatus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; OCHLEROTATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; OCHLEROTATUS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS;

EID: 14744304479     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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