The importance of males: Larval diet and adult sugar feeding influences reproduction in culex molestus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-316

  Kassim, Nur Faeza A ^a,b   Webb, Cameron E ^b   Russell, Richard C ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culex molestus; larval diet; male mosquito; mating; sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CULEX; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

PSOROPHORA CILIATA;

EID: 84871011532     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/12-6274R.1     Document Type: Article

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