Predation efficiency of Anopheles gambiae larvae by aquatic predators in western Kenya highlands

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kweka, Eliningaya J ^a,b   Zhou, Guofa ^c   Gilbreath, Thomas M ^c   Afrane, Yaw ^a   Nyindo, Mramba ^b   Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; KENYA; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SPECIES REFUGE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TADPOLE; ANIMAL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GAMBUSIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; KENYA; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959818878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-128     Document Type: Article

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