Determinants of male aedes aegypti and aedes polynesiensis (diptera: Culicidae) response to sound: Efficacy and considerations for use of sound traps in the field

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 723-730

  Stone, C M ^a,b   Tuten, H C ^a,c   Dobson, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aedes; males; mosquitoes; sound trap; swarms

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AEDES; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84880403134     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13023     Document Type: Article

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