Low-temperature threshold for egg survival of a post-diapause and non-diapause European aedine strain, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Thomas, Stephanie Margarete ^a   Obermayr, Ulla ^b   Fischer, Dominik ^a   Kreyling, Juergen ^a   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPAUSE; EGG; FEMALE; HATCHING; INSECT LARVA; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PUPA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; ADAPTATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; COLD; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEDES; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; OVUM;

EID: 84861331921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-100     Document Type: Article

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