Dispersal Behavior of Adult Snow Melt Mosquitoes in the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-5

  Schafer M ^a   Storchs, V ^b   Kaiser, A ^a   Beck, M ^a   Becker, N ^a  

^a German Mosquito Control Association KABS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aedes rusticus; Dispersal behavior; Snow melt mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS;

EID: 2742546760     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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