Variation in morphology and morphometries of eggs of culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes from different ecological regions of India

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-199

  Suman, D S ^a   Shrivastava, A R ^a   Parashar, B D ^a   Pant, S C ^a   Agrawal, O P ^b   Prakash, Shri ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Culex quinquefasciatus; Ecological regions; Egg morphology; Geographical variations; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULEX; CYTOLOGY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; OOCYTE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULEX; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; INDIA; OVUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 75649150454     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/038.034.0204     Document Type: Article

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