Volume 29

December, 2004

Number 2

Contents

Landscape associations of the sand fly, Lutzomyia (Heleocyrtomyia) apache (Diptera: Psychodidae), in the southwestern United States: a geographic information system analysis (PDF)

M. V. Herrero, W. E. Yarnell, and E. T. Schmidtmann

Field efficacy of deltamethrin for rodent flea control in San Bernardino County, California, U.S.A. (PDF)

Lal S. Mian, James C. Hitchcock, Minoo B. Madon, and Charles M. Myers

 

Combination of Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis: A better approach for the control of Aedes aegypti larvae in water containers (PDF)

U-ruyakorn Chansang, Amaret Bhumiratana, and Pattamaporn Kittayapong

 

Reduced variation among northern deer tick populations at an autosomal microsatellite locus (PDF)

Benjamin M. Rosenthal and Andrew Spielman

Rodent-flea-plague relationships at the higher elevations of San Diego County, California (PDF)

James D. Lang

Testing hypotheses on egg number and size in black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) (PDF)

Björn Malmqvist, Peter H. Adler, and Darius Strasevicius

Seasonal dynamics of the Anopheles maculipennis complex in Osijek, Croatia (PDF)

Enrih Merdic and Ivana Boca

 

Vectors and malaria transmission in a gem mining area in Sri Lanka (PDF)

A.M.G.M. Yapabandara and C.F. Curtis

 

Effects of interspecific competition, predation, and their interaction on survival and development time of immature Anopheles quadrimaculatus (PDF)

Tiffany M. Knight, Jonathan M. Chase, Charles W. Goss, and Jennifer J. Knight

Evaluation of various attributes of gravid female traps for collection of Culex in Florida (PDF)

Sandra A. Allan and Dan Kline

 

The roles of birds, lizards, and rodents as hosts for the western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus (PDF)

Lars Eisen, Rebecca J. Eisen, and Robert S. Lane

The relative attractiveness of carbon dioxide and octenol in CDC- and EVS-type light traps for sampling the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (L.), Aedes polynesiensis Marks, and Culex quinquefasciatus Say in Moorea, French Polynesia (PDF)

Richard C. Russell

Larval feeding behavior of three co-occurring species of container mosquitoes (PDF)

Donald A. Yee, Banugopan Kesavaraju, and Steven A. Juliano

Observations on the seasonal prevalence and vertical distribution patterns of oviposition by Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban high-rise apartments in Trinidad, West Indies (PDF)

Dave D. Chadee

Ecological limitations on aquatic mosquito predator colonization in the urban environment (PDF)

John Carlson, Joseph Keating, Charles M. Mbogo, Samuel Kahindi, and John C. Beier

Potential of crude seed extract of celery, Apium graveolens L., against the mosquito Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) (PDF)

Wej Choochote, Benjawan Tuetun, Duangta Kanjanapothi1, Eumporn Rattanachanpichai, Udom Chaithong, Prasong Chaiwong, Atchariya Jitpakdi, Pongsri Tippawangkosol, Doungrat Riyong, and Benjawan Pitasawat

Variation in body size in the tick complex Rhipicephalus appendiculatus/Rhipicephalus zambeziensis (PDF)

N. Speybroeck, M. Madder, H.H. Thulke, J. Mtambo, L. Tirry, G. Chaka, T. Marcotty, and D. Berkvens

Epizootiology of arenaviral infections in the white-throated woodrat (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) and other woodrats in Arizona (PDF)

Ken D. Abbott, Mary L. Milazzo, Josh Keith, Robert D. Bradley, and Charles F. Fulhorst

Culex mosquitoes in temporary urban rain pools: Seasonal dynamics and relation to environmental variables (PDF)

Sylvia Fischer and Nicolás Schweigmann

Scientific Notes

A modified tire ovitrap for monitoring Aedes albopictus in the field (PDF)

Carlos J. Pena, Guillermo Gonzalvez, and Dave D. Chadee

 

Ecological notes on Tabanus bromius L., and Haematopota pluvialis (L.), (Diptera: Tabanidae) of some
flood areas in Croatian sections of the river Danube (PDF)

Stjepan Krcmar

 

Effect of habitat characteristics on the distribution and behavior of Aedes albopictus (PDF)

Waseem Akram and Jong-Jin Lee

 

Selected literature references to vector ecology - April-September 2004

Marc J. Klowden