Ovipositional behavior in the context of mass rearing of Anopheles arabiensis

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-372

  Balestrino, Fabrizio ^a   Soliban, Sharon M ^a   Gilles, Jérémie ^a   Oliva, Clelia ^a   Benedict, Mark Q ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

mass rearing; oviposition preference; Oviposition site characteristics; sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; WATER;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78650380134     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/10-6008.1     Document Type: Article

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