stream-bank shade and larval distribution of the philippine malaria vector anopheles flavirostris. | the principal malaria vector in the philippines, anopheles flavirostris (ludlow) (diptera: culicidae), is regarded as 'shade-loving' for its breeding sites, i.e. larval habitats. this long-standing belief, based on circumstantial observations rather than ecological analysis, has guided larval control methods such as 'stream-clearing' or the removal of riparian vegetation, to reduce the local abundance of an. flavirostris. we measured the distribution and abundance of an. flavirostris larvae in r ... | 2002 | 12510886 |