Winter severity predicts the timing of host shifts in the mosquito Culex erraticus

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 567-569

  Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a,b   Hassan, Hassan K ^b   Eubanks, Micky D ^c   Cupp, Eddie W ^a   Unnasch, Thomas R ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Climate; Host shift; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MOSQUITO; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRAL DISEASE;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; CULEX ERRATICUS; MAMMALIA; MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUSES;

EID: 84864491689     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0075     Document Type: Article

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