Inter- and Intra-Specific Density-Dependent Effects on Life History and Development Strategies of Larval Mosquitoes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Tsurim, Ido ^a,b   Silberbush, Alon ^a   Ovadia, Ofer ^a   Blaustein, Leon ^c   Margalith, Yoel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ACHVA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MICROCOSM; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LARVA; MALE; OCHLEROTATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84874630437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057875     Document Type: Article

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