Decaying invertebrate carcasses increase growth of Aedes triseriatus (diptera: culicidae) when leaf litter resources are limiting

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 589-596

  Harshaw, Lauren ^a,b   Chrisawn, Charlie ^a   Kittinger, Benjamin ^a,c   Carlson, Jessica ^a,c   Metz, Grace ^a,c   Smith, Leslie ^a,d   Paradise, Christopher J ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c MERL ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes triseriatus; Helodes pulchella; Leaf litter; Resource quantity and quality; Treeholes

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AEDES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER SUPPLY;

COLEOPTERA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HELODES PULCHELLA; INVERTEBRATA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; SCIRTIDAE;

EID: 34447566293     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[589:DICIGO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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