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Title Pesticide-Induced Release from Competition Among Competing Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
Author Alto, Barry W.; Lampman, Richard L.; Kesavaraju, Banugopan; Muturi, Ephantus J.
Date 2013-11-01
Description Competitive interactions between mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (L.) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) may depend on environmental conditions. Pesticides may alleviate density-dependent com- petition for limited food, and a differential species response to sublethal concentrations may modify interspeciÞc competition. We tested the hypothesis that exposure to malathion alters interspeciÞc resource competition between these two species
Keywords Asian tiger mosquito, Malathion, yellow fever mosquito, competition
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