Vertical stratification of adult mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) within a tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Hayley L. Brant, Robert M. Ewers, Indra Vythilingam, Chris Drakeley, Suzan Benedick, John D. Mumford
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2016
• Subjects: QH540-549.5 Ecology; QL461-599.82 Insects
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30961/1/Vertical%20stratification%20of%20adult%20mosquitoes%20%28diptera%2C%20culicidae%29%20within%20a%20tropical%20rainforest%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia%20-ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30961/2/Vertical%20stratification%20of%20adult%20mosquitoes%20%28Diptera%2C%20Culicidae%29%20within%20a%20tropical%20rainforest%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30961/; https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-016-1416-1#citeas; http://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1416-1
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Malaria cases caused by Plasmodium knowlesi, a simian parasite naturally found in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques, are increasing rapidly in Sabah, Malaysia. One hypothesis is that this increase is associated with changes in land use. A study was carried out to identify the anopheline vectors pr...