Breeding patterns of the JE vector Culex gelidus and its insect predators in rice cultivation areas of northern peninsular Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 404-416

  Abu Hassan, A ^a   Dieng, Hamady ^a   Satho, Tomomitsu ^b   Boots, Michael ^c   Al Sariy, Jameel S L ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RICE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BEETLES; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HETEROPTERA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 78650761355     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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