Coexistence mechanisms at multiple scales in mosquito assemblages

BMC Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Laporta, Gabriel Zorello ^a   Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biotic interactions; Coexistence; Community; Ecology; Mosquitoes; Resource partitioning; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT USE; MOSQUITO; NICHE PARTITIONING; RAINFOREST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84965186451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12898-014-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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