Mosquitoes and Their Control
Mosquitoes and Their Control presents a wealth of information on the bionomics, systematics, ecology, research techniques and control of both nuisance and disease vector mosquitoes in an easily readable style, providing practical guidelines and important
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Mosquitoes
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Norbert Becker Dušan Petrić Marija Zgomba Clive Boase Minoo Madon Christine Dahl and Achim Kaiser
Mosquitoes and Their Control Second Edition
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Mosquitoes and Their Control
Norbert Becker Dušan Petric´ · Marija Zgomba Clive Boase · Christine Dahl Minoo Madon · Achim Kaiser
Mosquitoes and Their Control
Second Edition
Norbert Becker German Mosquito Control Association (KABS) Ludwigstr. 99 67165 Waldsee Germany [email protected] [email protected]
Dušan Petrić University of Novi Sad Department for Phytomedicine and Environment Protection Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8 21000 Novi Sad Serbia [email protected]
Marija Zgomba University of Novi Sad Department for Phytomedicine and Environment Protection Trg Dositeja Obradovica 8 21000 Novi Sad Serbia [email protected]
Clive Boase The Pest Management Consultancy Cowslip Pightle, Hazel Stub Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 9AF United Kingdom [email protected]
Minoo Madon 430 Mavis Drive Los Angeles, California 90065-5054 USA [email protected]
Christine Dahl Thomandeers väg 2b 224 65 Lund Sweden [email protected]
Achim Kaiser German Mosquito Control Association (KABS) Ludwigstr. 99 67165 Waldsee Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-92873-7 e-ISBN 978-3-540-92874-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-92874-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009931710 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003, 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover illustration: Courtesy of Roger Eritja, Spain, Centro Agricoltura Ambiente, Italy, Roland Kuhn and Norbert Becker, Germany. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword to the Second Edition
The magnitude of the role played by mosquitoes in the scheme of human life is undisputed. It is some 100 years since mosquitoes came to be recognised and incriminated as playing a highly significant part in the affairs of humans. Mankind has been plagued by mosquito nuisance and mosquito-borne diseases since the dawn of human history, resulting in immeasurable suffering and economic losses. Mosquitoes transmit some of the deadliest d
