The effectiveness of pond-breeding salamanders as agents of larval mosquito control

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-474

  Brodman, Robert ^a   Dorton, Ryan ^a  

^a Saint Josephs College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BREEDING POPULATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PEST CONTROL; POND; PREDATOR;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; ANURA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33749354364     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2006.9665024     Document Type: Article

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