Diversity of mosquitoes and the aquatic insects associated with their oviposition sites along the Pacific coast of Mexico
Abstract Background The abundance, richness and diversity of mosquitoes and aquatic insects associated with their oviposition sites were surveyed along eight states of the Pacific coast of Mexico. Diversity was estimated using the Shannon index (H’), similarity measures and cluster analysis. Methods...
Main Authors: | J Guillermo Bond, Mauricio Casas-Martínez, Humberto Quiroz-Martínez, Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez, Carlos F Marina, Armando Ulloa, Arnoldo Orozco-Bonilla, Miguel Muñoz, Trevor Williams |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2014-01-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-41 |
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