Seasonal photoperiods alter developmental time and mass of an invasive mosquito, aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), across its north-south range in the United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 825-832

  Yee, D A ^a,b   Juliano, S A ^c   Vamosi, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

daylength; life history; phenotypic plasticity; survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84863743984     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11132     Document Type: Article

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