Larval habitats and species composition of mosquitoes in Darjeeling Himalayas, India

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-15

  Aditya, Gautam ^a,b   Pramanik, Mihir K ^a   Saha, Goutam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes; Armigeres; Culex; Mosquito larval habitats; Toxorhynchites

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT; INDIA; LARVAL STAGE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CULICIDAE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; INDIA; LARVA;

EID: 33646830098     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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