Implications of guppy (Poecilia reticulata) life-history phenotype for mosquito control

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 3324-3334

  Warbanski, Misha L ^a   Marques, Piata ^a   Frauendorf, Therese C ^a   Phillip, Dawn A T ^b   El Sabaawi, Rana W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

biological vector control; Dengue; invasive species; mosquito transmitted disease; Zika

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017185500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2666     Document Type: Article

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