Spatial analysis of the distribution of tsetse flies in the Lambwe Valley, Kenya, using Landsat TM satellite imagery and GIS

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 371-380

  Kitron, U ^a   Otieno, L H ^a,b   Hungerford, L L ^a   Odulaja, A ^a,b   Brigham, W U ^a,c   Okello, O O ^a,b   Joselyn, M ^a,c   Mohamed Ahmed, M M ^a,b   Cook, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Remote sensing; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; TSETSE FLY;

KENYA, LAMBWE VALLEY, RUMA NATIONAL PARK;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA;

EID: 0029730954     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5883     Document Type: Article

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