Effects of natal habitat odour, reinforced by adult experience, on choice of oviposition site in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-435

  Hamilton, C E ^a   Beresford, D V ^a   Sutcliffe, J F ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Mosquitoes; Natal induction; Oviposition; Repellents

Indexed keywords

ACYLGLYCEROL; CITRONELLAL; INSECT REPELLENT; NEEM OIL; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOASSAY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMERGENCE; HABITAT TYPE; MOSQUITO; ODOR; OVIPOSITION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REARING; REPELLENT;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GLYCERIDES; INSECT REPELLENTS; LARVA; ODORS; OVIPOSITION; PLANT OILS; PUPA; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; TERPENES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 81355147748     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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