Constitutive differences between natural and artificial container mosquito habitats: Vector communities, resources, microorganisms, and habitat parameters

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 482-491

  Yee, D A ^a   Allgood, D ^a   Kneitel, J M ^b   Kuehn, K A ^a  

^a University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; bacteria; container; Culex; protozoan

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FUNGI; ORTHOPODOMYIA SIGNIFERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84861161562     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11227     Document Type: Article

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