Impact of trap elevation on estimates of abundance, parity rates, and body size of Culex pipiens and Culex restuans (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-184

  Drummond, Cori L ^a,b   Drobnack, Jason ^b   Backenson, P Bryon ^b   Ebel, Gregory D ^a,c   Kramer, Laura D ^a,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Culex restuans; Parity; Vertical distribution; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CULEX; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPARITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33750966293     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0177:IOTEOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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