Anthropogenic ecological change and impacts on mosquito breeding and control strategies in salt-marshes, northern territory, Australia

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-194

  Jacups, Susan ^a,b   Warchot, Allan ^c   Whelan, Peter ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Medical Entomology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic change; Arbovirus; Ecology; Habitat modification; Murray Valley encephalitis virus; Ross River virus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT VECTORS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NORTHERN TERRITORY; WETLANDS;

ARBOVIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; ROSS RIVER VIRUS;

EID: 84865756341     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0759-5     Document Type: Article

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