Studies on the bionomics of male Anopheles gambiae Giles and male Anopheles funestus Giles from southern Mozambique

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 382-394

  Charlwood, J D ^a,b  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Dispersal; Ecology; Males; Mosquitoes; Population dynamics; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO NETS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 82655173275     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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