A six-year study of insect emergence from temporary flooded wetlands in central Sweden, with and without Bti-based mosquito control

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 715-725

  Vinnersten, T Z Persson ^a,b   Lundstrom J O ^a,b   Schafer M L ^a,b   Petersson, E ^a,c   Landin, J ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Board of Fisheries   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bti; insect production; temporary wetlands; wetland insects

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPHEMERAL POOL; FLOODING; MOSQUITO; PEST OUTBREAK; TAXONOMY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOODING; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOODS; INSECTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SWEDEN; WETLANDS;

DALAMAN RIVER; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEMATOCERA; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS;

EID: 78650553545     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485310000076     Document Type: Article

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