Mosquitoes in Bromeliads at Ground Level of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: The Relationship between Mosquito Fauna, Water Volume, and Plant Type

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 449-458

  Cardoso, C A A ^a   Lourenco De Oliveira R ^a   Codeco C T ^a   Motta, M A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

bromeliad; phytotelmata; rain forest; Wyeomyia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; GENERALIST; MONOCOTYLEDON; MOSQUITO; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

INVERTEBRATA; PHONIOMYIA; WYEOMYIA;

EID: 84939435051     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/sav040     Document Type: Article

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