Tadpoles of four common Australian frogs are not effective predators of the common pest and vector mosquito Culex annulirostris

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 492-494

  Willems, Karen J ^a   Webb, Cameron E ^a   Russell, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Culex annulirostris; Limnodynastes; Litoria; Mosquito control; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; FROG; LARVA; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULEX; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE;

ANURA; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; LIMNODYNASTES; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; LIMNODYNASTES TASMANIENSIS; LITORIA; LITORIA AUREA; LITORIA PERONII; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 32044439613     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)21[492:TOFCAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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