Diving beetle assemblages of flooded wetlands in relation to time, wetland type and Bti-based mosquito control

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 635, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-203

  Vinnersten, Thomas Z Persson ^a,b   Lundström, Jan O ^a,b   Petersson, Erik ^a,c   Landin, Jan ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Board of Fisheries   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic predatory insects; Bti; Diving beetles; Flood water mosquitoes; Temporary wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PREDATORY INSECTS; BTI; DIVING BEETLES; FLOOD-WATER MOSQUITOES; TEMPORARY WETLANDS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD LIMITATION; GENERALIST; MOSQUITO; TAXONOMY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

DAL RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ALNUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; COLEOPTERA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 70350380201     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9911-9     Document Type: Article

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