Effects of intraspecific larval competition on adult longevity in the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-68

  Reiskind, M H ^a,b   Lounibos, L P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult environment; Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Dengue; Desiccation; Larval environment; Longevity; Mosquito life history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; DENGUE FEVER; DESICCATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HUMIDITY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MOSQUITO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION REGULATION; REARING;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 60349084305     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00782.x     Document Type: Article

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