Seasonal and diel patterns of biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) and mosquitoes (Culicidae) on the Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-140

  Breidenbaugh, Mark S ^a,c   Clark, James W ^b   Brodeur, Robert M ^b   de Szalay, Ferenc A ^c  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b Natural Resource and Environmental Affairs Office   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Biting flies; Culex; Culicoides; Salt marsh; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULICIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SOUTH CAROLINA;

AEDES TAENIORHYNCHUS; AEDES VEXANS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX SALINARIUS; CULICIDAE; CULICOIDES FURENS; CULICOIDES HOLLENSIS; CULICOIDES MELLEUS; OCHLEROTATUS SOLLICITANS;

EID: 68949169221     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/038.034.0116     Document Type: Article

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