Effects of landscape disturbance on mosquito community composition in tropical Australia

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-76

  Steiger, Dagmar Meyer ^a   Johnson, Petrina ^a   Hilbert, David W ^b   Ritchie, Scott ^a   Jones, Dean ^b   Laurance, Susan G W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disease; Edge effects; Grasslands; Land use; Mosquito; Rainforest; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS;

CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; PULLUS; VERRALLINA;

EID: 84860437365     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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