Evidence for reduction of native mosquitoes with increased expansion of invasive ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the northeastern United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Andreadis, Theodore G ^a   Wolfe, Roger J ^b  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

^b Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Interspecific competition; Ochlerotatus atropalpus; Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus; Rock pools; Tires

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOUSING; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; OCHLEROTATUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOUSING; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEW ENGLAND; OCHLEROTATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WATER;

CULEX RESTUANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS ATROPALPUS; OCHLEROTATUS JAPONICUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 75149112839     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.047.0106     Document Type: Article

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