Bamboo stumps as mosquito larval habitats in Darjeeling Himalayas, India: A spatial scale analysis

Insect Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-249

  Aditya, Gautam ^a,b,c   Tamang, Rakesh ^a   Sharma, Dipendra ^a   Subba, Francis ^a   Saha, Goutam K ^b  

^a DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bamboo stumps; Chironomus sp.; Culex quinquefasciatus; Darjeeling; Interspecific association; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DENDROCALAMUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 65249102264     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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