Preference of female mosquitoes for natural and artificial resting sites

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 228-235

  Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a   Eubanks, Micky D ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans; Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Culex erraticus; Culex peccator; Culex territans; Resting mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

AEDES VEXANS; ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; CULEX ERRATICUS; CULEX PECCATOR; CULEX TERRITANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SEASONS; WETLANDS;

EID: 51449109158     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5662.1     Document Type: Article

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