Reproductive phase locking of mosquito populations in response to rainfall frequency

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Day, Jonathan F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYDROLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GLOBAL WARMING; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 55449129166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000331     Document Type: Article

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