Habitat suitability for three species of Anopheles mosquitoes: Larval growth and survival in reciprocal placement experiments

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 176-187

  Grieco, John P ^a   Rejmánková, Eliška ^b   Achee, Nicole L ^a   Klein, Corinne N ^a   Andre, Richard ^a   Roberts, Donald ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Belize; Habitat preference; Lipids; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BELIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MORTALITY; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BELIZE; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MORTALITY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANTS; WING;

EID: 40949131501     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[176:HSFTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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