Larval behavior of four Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with treatment wetlands in the southwestern United States

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-228

  Workman, Parker D ^a   Walton, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed treatment wetlands; Culex; Larval behavior; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

CULEX ERYTHROTHORAX; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARVA; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LARVA; LIGHT; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SWIMMING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2142759784     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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