Seasonal variations in activity and size of adult females and local distribution of larvae for populations of Culex salinarius in the upper coastal zone of southeastern Texas

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-53

  Janousek, Thomas E ^a,b   Olson, J K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pest Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex salinarius; Larval distribution; Seasonal activity; Southeastern Texas

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LARVA; SEASONS; TEXAS; WEATHER; WING;

CULEX SALINARIUS;

EID: 33646478762     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X(2006)22[47:SVIAAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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