Seasonal larval and adult population dynamics and breeding habitat diversity of Culex theileri Theobald, 1903 (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Gölbaşi District, Ankara, Turkey

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-344

  Şimşek, Fatih Mehmet ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breeding habitats; Culex theileri; Hibernation; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HABITAT USE; HIBERNATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GOLBASI; TURKEY; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 9144249031     PISSN: 13000179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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