Avian defensive behavior and blood-feeding success of the West Nile vector mosquito, Culex pipiens

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 750-757

  Darbro, Jonathan M ^a   Harrington, Laura C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Culex p. pipiens; Defensive behavior; House sparrow; Mosquito; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; PASSERINE; POULTRY; VIRUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; NILE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS PIPIENS; GALLUS GALLUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34547652557     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm043     Document Type: Article

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