Species interactions among larval mosquitoes: Context dependence across habitat gradients

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2009, Pages 37-56

  Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetrical competition; Community ecology; Interspecific competition; Predation; Processing chain commensalism; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PREDATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 60549090316     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.54.110807.090611     Document Type: Article

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