Predator-released hydrocarbons repel oviposition by a mosquito

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1129-1138

  Silberbush, Alon ^a   Markman, Shai ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^b   Bar, Einat ^b   Cohen, Joel E ^c   Blaustein, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic habitats; Backswimmer; Mosquito; N heneicosane; N tricosane; Oviposition habitat selection; Predator released kairomones; Risk of predation

Indexed keywords

CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; NOTONECTA MACULATA;

EID: 77955931734     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01501.x     Document Type: Article

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