Effects of crowding and temperature on Wolbachia infection density among life cycle stages of Aedes albopictus

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-224

  Wiwatanaratanabutr, Itsanun ^a   Kittayapong, Pattamaporn ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Crowding; Endosymbiont; Relative density; Temperature; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; WOLBACHIA;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 70350571199     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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