Daily oviposition patterns of the African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) on different types of aqueous substrates

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sumba, Leunita A ^a,b   Okoth, Kenneth ^a   Deng, Arop L ^b   Githure, John ^a   Knols, Bart G J ^c   Beier, John C ^d   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; GREENHOUSE; LARVA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; REARING; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWAMP; WILD TYPE;

EID: 18144383184     PISSN: 17403391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1740-3391-2-6     Document Type: Article

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