Leaf species identity and combination affect performance and oviposition choice of two container mosquito species

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-456

  Reiskind, Michael H ^a,b   Greene, Krystle L ^a   Lounibos, L Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additivity model; Aedes albopictus; Aedes triseriatus; Container habitats; Florida; Invasive species; Optimal oviposition theory

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HOST PREFERENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; VINE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; HEXAPODA; NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; PSYCHOTRIA; PSYCHOTRIA NERVOSA; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; VITACEAE; VITIS AESTIVALIS;

EID: 67651236953     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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