Larval habitat segregation between the molecular forms of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae in a rice field area of Burkina Faso, West Africa

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-17

  Gimonneau, G ^a   Pombi, M ^b   Choisy, M ^a   Morand, S ^c   Dabire R K ^d   Simard, F ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Community structure; Hydro periodicity; Larval habitat; Niche partitioning; Segregation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO; NICHE PARTITIONING; PADDY FIELD; PERIODICITY; SAMPLING; SAVANNA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BURKINA FASO; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; ORYZA SATIVA;

BURKINA FASO;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84856141045     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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