Regulation of oviposition in Anopheles gambiae s.s.: Role of inter- and intra-specific signals

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1430-1436

  Sumba, Leunita A ^a,b   Ogbunugafor, C Brandon ^a,c   Deng, Arop L ^d   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b Kenya Water Institute (KEWI)   (Kenya)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae Giles; Intra specific signals; Larval pheromone; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; WATER;

CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; WATER;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 55549117106     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9549-5     Document Type: Article

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