Seasonal variation in competition and coexistence of Aedes mosquitoes: Stabilizing effects of egg mortality or equalizing effects of resources?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 256-265

  O'Neal, Paul A ^a   Juliano, Steven A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Desiccation; Detritus; Environmental conditions; Equalizing mechanisms; Fluctuation dependent coexistence; Season; Stabilizing mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COEXISTENCE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NICHE; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABILIZATION;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; OVUM; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 84872611393     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02017.x     Document Type: Article

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