Sensitivity analysis of a stochastic model for the sheep blowfly Lucilia sericata

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1023-1031

  Fenton, Andrew ^a   Wall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Density dependence; Extinction; Myiasis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

LUCILIA SERICATA; OVIS ARIES; SERICATA;

EID: 0030769665     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405291     Document Type: Article

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