Effect of weather conditions on the flight activity of Nigerian blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-144

  Roberts, D M ^a,b   Irving Bell, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Blackflies; Flight activity; Humidity; Light intensity; Meteorology; Nigeria; S.hargreavesi; S.squamosum; S.vorax; Simulium adersi; Temperature; Wind

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM ADERSI; SIMULIUM HARGREAVESI; ANIMALIA; SIMULIUM SQUAMOSUM; SIMULIUM VORAX;

BLACKFLY; LIGHT INTENSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; FLYING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

NIGERIA, RIVER ASSOB VALLEY;

EID: 0030114738     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00719.x     Document Type: Article

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