Ecology and habitat characterization of mosquitoes in Saudi Arabia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-427

  Khater, E I ^a,b   Sowilem, M M ^a,c   Sallam, M F ^a   Alahmed, A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84884750847     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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