The diel copulation periodicity of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) at indoor and outdoor sites in Trinidad, West Indies

Acta Tropica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chadee, Dave D ^a   Gilles, Jeremie R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Copulation periodicity; Indoors and Outdoors; Laboratory; Trinidad; West Indies

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COPULATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; MOSQUITO; PERIODICITY; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO];

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

AEDES AEGYPTI; COPULATION PERIODICITY; INDOORS AND OUTDOORS; LABORATORY; TRINIDAD; WEST INDIES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COPULATION; PERIODICITY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 84896546853     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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