Influence of larval density or food variation on the geometry of the wing of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1354-1360

  Jirakanjanakit, N ^a   Leemingsawat, S ^b   Thongrungkiat, S ^b   Apiwathnasorn, C ^b   Singhaniyom, S ^b   Bellec, C ^c   Dujardin, J P ^d,e  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Allometry; Density; Food; Wing geometry

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ALLOMETRY; ANATOMY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; GEOMETRY; LARVA; MORPHOMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; WING;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORELIMB; GEOMETRY; LARVA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SURVIVOR;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD; LARVA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; WING;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 36549041012     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01919.x     Document Type: Article

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