Waiting with Bated Breath: Opportunistic Orientation to Human Odor in the Malaria Mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, is Modulated by Minute Changes in Carbon Dioxide Concentration

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 59-66

  Webster, Ben ^a   Lacey, Emerson S ^a   Cardé, Ring T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Behavior; Carbon dioxide; Landing; Olfaction; Skin odor

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; ODORS; SKIN;

EID: 84925537419     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0542-x     Document Type: Article

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