Differential survivorship of invasive mosquito species in south florida cemeteries: Do site-specific microclimates explain patterns of coexistence and exclusion?

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 757-770

  Lounibos, L P ^a   O'Meara, G F ^a   Juliano, S A ^b   Nishimura, N ^a   Escher, R L ^a   Reiskind, M H ^c   Cutwa, M ^a   Greene, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coexistence; desiccation; eggs; extinction; invasive mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DESICCATION; DOMINANCE; EGG; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

EID: 77956162625     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN09142     Document Type: Article

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