Different responses of two floodwater mosquito species, Aedes vexans and Ochlerotatus (Diptera: Culicidae), to larval habitat drying

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-128

  Schafer M L ^a,b   Lundstrom J O ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Biological Mosquito Control   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Floodwater mosquito; Larval survival; Ochlerotatus sticticus; Survival strategy

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; RAIN;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; OCHLEROTATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SWEDEN;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LARVA; MALE; OCHLEROTATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; SWEDEN;

AEDES VEXANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS;

EID: 33748046455     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[123:DROTFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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