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Acrodendrophilic Mosquitos of the Langata Forest, Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. C. C. Garnham
Affiliation:
Reader in Medical Parasitology, University of London. (Late of the Division of Insect-Borne Diseases, Nairobi.)

Extract

Langata Forest is a small, detached forest, 11 square miles in area, of the African plateau type, lying 5 miles west of Nairobi at an altitude of 6,000 ft. The forest is mostly secondary and although of evergreen character, much foliage is lost during the long dry seasons. The indigenous trees include olives (Olea chrysophylla), crotons (Croton megalocarpon), muhugu (Brachylaena hutchinsonii) and cape chestnut (Calodendron capense).

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Original Articles
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1949

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