Environmental correlates of abundances of mosquito species and stages in discarded vehicle tires

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Yee, Donald A ^a,b   Kneitel, Jamie M ^a,c   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Bacteria; Culex; Detritus; Microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAR; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILES; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEEDS;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX RESTUANS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 75149126229     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.047.0107     Document Type: Article

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