Efficacy of bird-baited traps placed at different heights for collecting ornithophilic mosquitoes in eastern Queensland, Australia

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-59

  Jansen, Cassie C ^a   Zborowski, Paul ^a   Ritchie, Scott A ^b,c   Van Den Hurk, Andrew F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bird baited trap; Light trap; Mosquito; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

AEDEOMYIA CATASTICTA; AEDES VIGILAX; AVES; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS;

EID: 60549115851     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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