Distribution and ecology of mosquito larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) in Flanders (Belgium)

Koen Lock; Wouter De Koninck; Tim Adriaens; Peter L.M. Goethals

doi:10.26496/bjz.2012.156

Authors

Koen Lock Ghent University, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, J. Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Wouter De Koninck Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Department of Entomology, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tim Adriaens Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Kliniekstraat 25, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
Peter L.M. Goethals Ghent University, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, J. Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2012.156

Keywords:

distribution maps, Flanders, habitat suitability, mosquito larvae

Abstract

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