Seasonal distribution and species composition of daytime biting mosquitoes

Entomological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-113

  Akram, Waseem ^a   Hafeez, Faisal ^a   Ullah, Unsar Naeem ^a   Kim, Yeon Kook ^b   Hussain, Aftab ^c   Lee, Jong Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Seasonal distribution; Species composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 62549119952     PISSN: 17382297     EISSN: 17485967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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