Effect of population structure and size on aggregation behavior of cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1015-1020

  Pfiester, Margie ^a   Koehler, Philip G ^a   Pereira, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Bed bug; Cimex lectularius; Dispersal

Indexed keywords

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIMEX; FEMALE; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 70350497577     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0506     Document Type: Article

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