Effect of different thermal conditions on the pre-imaginal biology of Culex apicinus (Philippi, 1865) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-111

  Loetti, M Verónica ^a   Burroni, Nora E ^a   Schweigmann, Nicolás ^a   de Garin, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body size; Culicids; Developmental time; Survival; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE; WING;

EID: 34848860206     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[106:EODTCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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