Sex ratios of mosquitoes from long-term censuses of Florida tree holes

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Lounibos, L Philip ^a   Escher, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ae. triseriatus; Aedes albopictus; Hatching; Male bias; Multivoltinism

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; TOXORHYNCHITES RUTILUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; PUPA; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 41049091113     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5656.1     Document Type: Article

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