Mosquito flight adaptations to particulate environments

Flying insects face challenging conditions such as rainfall, fog, and dew. In this theoretical and experimental thesis, we investigate the survival mechanisms of the mosquito, Anopheles, through particles of various size. Large particles such as falling raindrops can weigh up to fifty times a mosqui...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dickerson, Andrew K.
Other Authors: Hu, David L.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51773