Predator avoidance behavior of Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae infected with mermithid nematodes (Nematoda: Mermithidae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 150-153

  de Valdez, Megan R Wise ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MERMITHOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; MERMITHOIDEA;

EID: 34848908397     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[150:PABOAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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