State-dependent attacks in a mosquito

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-51

  Roitberg, Bernard ^a   Keiser, Sigrid ^b   Hoffmeister, Thomas ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Body size; Dynamic; Energy state; Foraging theory; Persistence; Residence time.

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARAMETERIZATION; PERSISTENCE; RESIDENCE TIME;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954449709     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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