Analyse quantitative des populations larvaires de moustiques (Diptera: Culicidae) dans l'Hémiarctique (Poste-de-la-Baleine, Québec)

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Maire, Alain, Bussières, Bruno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1983
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Baleine; la Baleine; Rousseau; Poste-de-la-Baleine; Great Whale River; palsas; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z83-336; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z83-336

The Great Whale River area (55°16′ N; 77°48′ W) is located at the fringe between the boreal forest and the forest tundra of the "hemiarctic" zone (between 55°N and the absolute limit of trees, as defined by J. Rousseau (1952. Can. J. Bot. 30: 436–474)). Two types of habitats are particular...