Spatial clustering and longitudinal variation of Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in a river of the Amazon: The importance of the forest fringe and of obstructions to flow in frontier malaria

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 643-658

  Barros, F S M ^a   Arruda, M E ^b   Gurgel, H C ^c   Honorio N A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria de Diversidade e Floresta   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Anopheles darling; breeding; deforestation; frontier zones; larvae; malaria

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DAM; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRONTIER REGION; LARVA; LITERATURE REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LARVA; MALARIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RIVER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS;

AMAZON RIVER;

ANOPHELES DARLINGI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 79961175283     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485311000265     Document Type: Article

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