Sex-specific response of a mosquito to parasites and crowding

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Tseng, Michelle ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Density; Host parasite interactions; Sex specific response

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; ASCOGREGARINA TAIWANENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ASCOGREGARINA TAIWANENSIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2342616177     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0139     Document Type: Article

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