Endophagy of biting midges attacking cavity-nesting birds

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-280

  VotYpka J ^a,b   Synek, P ^a   SvobodovA M ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Culicoides pictipennis; Culicoides truncorum; Endophagy; Moravia; Nest box; Population dynamics; Transmission; Vectors

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; HEMOPHAGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT BITE; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES PICTIPENNIS; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 68949105594     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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