Competitive interactions between larvae of the malaria mosquitoes Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles gambiae under semi-field conditions in western Kenya

Acta Tropica

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-130

  Paaijmans, Krijn P ^a   Huijben, Silvie ^a   Githeko, Andrew K ^b   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Development time; Immature mosquitoes; Interspecific competition; Intraspecific competition; Mortality; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PUPATION; SIBLING;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KENYA; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALARIA; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PUPATION; REARING; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; KENYA; LARVA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 57849133463     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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