Distributions of competing container mosquitoes depend on detritus types, nutrient ratios, and food availability

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 688-698

  Murrell, Ebony G ^a   Damal, Kavitha ^a,b   Lounibos, L P ^c   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Apt IL ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Culicidae; detritus; ecological stoichiometry; interspecic competition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; CARBON; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; DETRITUS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MOSQUITO; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; VOLUME;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE;

EID: 79960526401     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN10158     Document Type: Article

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