Increased larval mosquito densities from modified landuses in the Kapiti region, New Zealand: Vegetation, water quality, and predators as associated environmental factors

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-322

  Leisnham, Paul T ^a,b   Slaney, David P ^a,c   Lester, Philip J ^d   Weinstein, Philip ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Disease vector; Landscape; Nutrients; Predator; Temperate

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE; CONTAINER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; IMMATURITY; LAND USE; LARVAL STAGE; MOSQUITO; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28244454571     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-8281-7     Document Type: Article

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