Modelling the ecology of the coastal mosquitoes Aedes vigilax and Aedes camptorhynchus at Port Pirie, South Australia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-91

  Kokkinn, M J ^a   Duval, D J ^b   Williams, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes camptorhynchus; Aedes vigilax; Coastal; Mosquito; Outbreak prediction; Problem

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOSQUITO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TSUNAMI;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATURE; TIDAL WAVES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PORT PIRIE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS; AEDES VIGILAX; CAMPTORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 60349123981     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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