Phonotaxis to amphibian vocalizations in Culex territans (Diptera: Culicidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-103

  Bartlett Healy, Kristen ^a   Crans, Wayne ^a   Gaugler, Randy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Attraction; Culex territans; Mosquito; Mosquito hearing

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; FROG; MOSQUITO; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OVERWINTERING; SONG; VOCALIZATION;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BUFO AMERICANUS; CULEX TERRITANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 39049140680     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[95:PTAVIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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