Uranotaenia novobscura ryukyuana (Diptera: Culicidae) population dynamics are denso-dependent and autonomous from weather fluctuations

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-142

  Hoshi, Tomonori ^a   Higa, Yukiko ^b   Chaves, Luis Fernando ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Climate change; Okinawa; Oviposition trap; Population regulation; Ricker model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LARVA; MOSQUITO; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; TIME SERIES; TRAPPING;

JAPAN; OKINAWA [OKINAWA ISLAND]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 84893130281     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN13071     Document Type: Article

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