Responses of Anopheles gambiae, Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti, and Culex pipiens mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to cool and humid refugium conditions

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-149

  Kessler, Sébastien ^a   Guerin, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; An. stephensi; Anopheles gambiae; Culex pipiens; Microclimatic preferences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; ECOLOGY; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTHROPODA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 54749145011     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2008)33[145:ROAGAS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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