Seasonal and spatial oviposition activity of aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Adriatic Croatia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 760-768

  Žitko, Toni ^a   Merdić, Enrih ^b  

^a Public Health Institutes Split Dalmatia County   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Croatia; egg density; oviposition; seasonal activity

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; CROATIA; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CROATIA; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903785487     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME13071     Document Type: Article

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