Immatures of Aedes aegypti in Darjeeling Himalayas - Expanding geographical limits in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-457

  Aditya, Gautam ^a,b   Pramanik, M K ^a   Saha, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AQUATIC SPECIES; DETRITUS; FAUNA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INDIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ORGANISMS BY LIFE CYCLE STAGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVASION; WATER ANALYSIS; AEDES; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 70149107137     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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