Frequency-dependent prey-selection of predacious water bugs on Armigeres subalbatus immatures

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-14

  Aditya, G ^a,b   Bhattacharyya, S ^b   Kundu, N ^b   Saha, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Armigeres subalbatus; Prey selection; S. Rusticum; Sphaerodema annulatum; Water bugs

Indexed keywords

ARMIGERES SUBALBATUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HETEROPTERA; INDIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPHAERODEMA ANNULATUM; SPHAERODEMA RUSTICUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUG;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; INDIA; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 21244479302     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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