Can adults of the New Zealand mosquito culex pervigilans (Bergorth) detect the presence of a key predator in larval habitats?

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Fatma Zuharah, Wan ^a   Lester, Philip J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Kairomone; Oviposition; Predation; Predator density

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; LARVA; NEW ZEALAND; OVIPOSITION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANISOPS; ANISOPS WAKEFIELDI; CULEX PERVIGILANS;

EID: 77952043682     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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