Ecological factors influencing Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) productivity in artificial containers in Salinas, Puerto Rico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 484-492

  Barrera, Roberto ^a   Amador, Manuel ^a   Clark, Gary G ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Competition; Dengue; Ecology; Food limitation

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALGAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD; LARVA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PUERTO RICO; PUPA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745238378     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[484:EFIAAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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