Food availability alters the effects of larval temperature on Aedes aegypti growth

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 974-984

  Padmanabha, H ^a,b   Bolker, B ^c   Lord, C C ^b   Rubio, C ^a   Lounibos, L P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; climate change; dengue; resource limitation; temperature

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; DIET; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 80052763002     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11020     Document Type: Article

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