Mosquito communities with trap height and urban-rural gradient in Adelaide, South Australia: Implications for disease vector surveillance

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-55

  Johnston, Emily ^a   Weinstein, Phillip ^a   Slaney, David ^a   Flies, Andrew S ^a   Fricker, Stephen ^a   Williams, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Ecology; Height; Mosquitoes; Urban; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84899996774     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2014.12069.x     Document Type: Article

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