Seasonal variation in metabolic rate, flight activity and body size of Anopheles gambiae in the Sahel

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2013-2021

  Huestis, Diana L ^a   Yaro, Alpha S ^b   Traoré, Adama I ^b   Dieter, Kathryne L ^a   Nwagbara, Juliette I ^a   Bowie, Aleah C ^a   Adamou, Abdoulaye ^b   Kassogué, Yaya ^b   Diallo, Moussa ^b   Timbiné, Seydou ^b   Dao, Adama ^b   Lehmann, Tovi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Gonotrophic cycle; Malaria vector; Metabolism; Respiration; Seasonality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALARIA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862514330     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.069468     Document Type: Article

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