Rainfall influences survival of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) in a residential neighborhood in the mid-Atlantic United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 467-473

  Jones, Christy E ^a   Lounibos, L Philip ^a   Marra, Peter P ^b   Kilpatrick, A Marm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; dispersal; mosquito; survival; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; MARYLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN;

CULEX PIPIENS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 84861163462     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11191     Document Type: Article

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