Behavioural responses of larval container mosquitoes to a size-selective predator

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-272

  Kesavaraju, Banugopan ^a   Alto, Barry W ^b   Lounibos, L Philip ^b   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Anti predatory behaviour; Corethrella appendiculata; Invasive; Native species; Ochlerotatus triseriatus; Predation cues and size refuge

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CORETHRELLA APPENDICULATA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS;

EID: 34249789313     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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