Interspecific competition between larval Culex restuans theobald and Culex pipiens L. (diptera: Culicidae) in Michigan

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-27

  Reiskind, Michael H ^a,b   Wilson, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological equivalence; Invasion biology; Larval competition; Phenology; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MICHIGAN; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX RESTUANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 38949100055     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[20:ICBLCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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