Dispersal and survival of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) males in Italian urban areas and significance for sterile insect technique application

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1082-1091

  Bellini, Romeo ^a   Albieri, Alessandro ^a   Balestrino, Fabrizio ^a   Carrieri, Marco ^a   Porretta, Daniele ^b   Urbanelli, Sandra ^b   Calvitti, Maurizio ^c   Moretti, Riccardo ^c   Maini, Stefano ^d  

^a Centro Agricoltura Ambiente G Nicoli   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

uorescent pigment; dispersal and survival; mark release recapture; sterile insect technique; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; URBANIZATION;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 78649363859     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09154     Document Type: Article

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