Condition-specific competition in container mosquitoes: The role of noncompeting life-history stages

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3289-3295

  Costanzo, Katie S ^a,b   Kesavaraju, Banugopan ^a   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Environmental tolerances; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; TOLERANCE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

EID: 30644477107     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0583     Document Type: Article

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