Beetle (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) Facilitation of Larval Mosquito Growth in Tree Hole Habitats is Linked to Multitrophic Microbial Interactions

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 690-703

  Pelz Stelinski, Kirsten ^a   Kaufman, Michael G ^b   Walker, Edward D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TREE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BEETLES; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; LARVA; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; TREES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS TRISERIATUS; SCIRTIDAE;

EID: 80052876419     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-011-9872-1     Document Type: Article

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