Metabolic Rate in Female Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae): Age, Size, Activity, and Feeding Effects

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 903-911

  Gray, Emilie M ^a   Bradley, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian activity; Feeding; Female mosquito; Flow through respirometry; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CULEX TARSALIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642529592     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.6.903     Document Type: Article

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