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Oviposition by African malaria vector mosquitoes

II. Effects of site tone, water type and conspecific immatures on target selection by freshwater Anopheles gambiae Giles, sensu lato

Pages 307-318 | Received 10 Sep 1982, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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