Plant tissues: The frugal diet of mosquitoes in adverse conditions

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-422

  Muller G ^a   Schlein, Y ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Culex; Dry desert; Israel; Longevity; Mediterranean climate; Mosquitoes; Seasonal plant tissue feeding; Sugar feeding; Tropical oasis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

DIET; FOOD INTAKE; LONGEVITY; MOSQUITO; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CULICIDAE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GEOGRAPHY; ISRAEL; PLANTS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

CLAVIGER; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS;

EID: 29144483459     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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