Behavioral differences of invasive container-dwelling mosquitoes to a native predator

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 526-532

  Kesavaraju, Banugopan ^a,b   Khan, Daanish F ^a   Gaugler, Randy ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Aedes japonicus; antipredatory behavior; Culex pipiens; Toxorhynchites rutilus

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CULEX; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; NEW JERSEY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS; OCHLEROTATUS JAPONICUS; RUTILUS; TOXORHYNCHITES RUTILUS;

EID: 79955946991     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10200     Document Type: Article

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