The diel oviposition periodicity of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) in the laboratory: density disturbance

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-358

  Chadee, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PERIODICITY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 34748915746     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X176409     Document Type: Article

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