Predator-induced shifts in mosquito oviposition site selection: A meta-analysis and implications for vector control

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 263-279

  Vonesh, James R ^a   Blaustein, Leon ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

biocontrol; colonization; complex life cycle; culicid; disease; habitat selection; vector

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COLONIZATION; CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; META-ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SITE SELECTION;

CRUSTACEA; CULICIDAE; CYCLOPOIDA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955962981     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.56.3-4.263     Document Type: Article

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