Impact of small variations in temperature and humidity on the reproductive activity and survival of Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae);Impacto de pequenas variações de temperatura e umidade na atividade reprodutiva e sobrevivência de Aedes aegypti (Diptera, Culicidae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 488-493

  Costa, Ethiene Arruda Pedrosa de Almeida ^a   Santos, Eloína Maria de Mendonça ^a   Correia, Juliana Cavalcanti ^a   de Albuquerque, Cleide Maria Ribeiro ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Dengue; Fecundity; Fertility; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 78049460224     PISSN: 00855626     EISSN: 18069665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262010000300021     Document Type: Article

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