Biology of culex sitiens, a predominant mosquito in phang nga, thailand after a tsunami

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Prummongkol, Samrerng ^a   Panasoponkul, Chotechuang ^a   Apiwathnasorn, Chamnarn ^a   Lek Uthai, Usa ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

biting cycle; breeding habitats; colonization; Culex sitiens; filariasis vector; longevity

Indexed keywords

CULEX SITIENS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; THAILAND; TSUNAMI;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SALINITY; THAILAND; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84865786287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.012.1101     Document Type: Article

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