Seasonal abundance of Culex tarsalis and Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-768

  Barker, Christopher M ^a   Eldridge, Bruce F ^b   Reisen, William K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

California; Culex pipiens; Culex quinquefasciatus; Culex tarsalis; seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CULEX; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TARSALIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 77956454370     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09139     Document Type: Article

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