The population ecology of muscina stabulans (Fallén) (Diptera: Muscidae), along an urban-rural gradient of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-446

  Patitucci, Luciano D ^a,b   Mulieri, Pablo R ^a,b   Mariluis, Juan C ^a,b   Schnack, Juan A ^a,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bait preference; False stable fly; Heliophily; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955394238     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2010000300020     Document Type: Article

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