Food as a limiting factor for Aedes aegypti in water-storage containers

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-20

  Arrivillaga, Jazzmin ^a   Barrera, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Competition; Dengue; Ecology; Mosquito control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LARVA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; STARVATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3442886890     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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