The flight distances of floodwater mosquitoes (Aedes vexans, Ochlerotatus sticticus and Ochlerotatus caspius) in Osijek, Eastern Croatia

Biologia

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 678-683

  Bogojević, Mirta Sudarić ^a   Merdić, Enrih ^a   Bogdanović, Tomislav ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; flight distances; floodwater mosquitoes; mark release recapture method

Indexed keywords

AEDES VEXANS; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS;

EID: 79958251537     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0073-7     Document Type: Article

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