Wolbachia infection and resource competition effects on immature Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 451-459

  Gavotte, Laurent ^a,b   Mercer, David R ^a   Vandyke, Rhonda ^c   Mains, James W ^a   Dobson, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Endosymbiont; Intraspecific competition; Larval development; Parasitic effects

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; SEX FACTORS; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 67650136327     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0306     Document Type: Article

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