British container breeding mosquitoes: The impact of urbanisation and climate change on community composition and phenology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Townroe, Susannah ^a   Callaghan, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES PLUMBEUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTAINER; CULEX PIPIENS; LAND USE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULEX; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84899746135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095325     Document Type: Article

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