Vertical distribution of haematophagous Diptera in temperate forests of the southeastern U.S.A.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Swanson, D A ^a   Adler, P H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicidae; Diptera; Haematophagous; Psychodidae; Simuliidae; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FLY; HEMOPHAGY; LIGHT EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST; TRAPPING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PSYCHODIDAE; SIMULIIDAE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TREES;

EID: 77954171678     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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