Univariate analysis of tsetse habitat in the common fly belt of Southern Africa using climate and remotely sensed vegetation data

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-234

  Robinson, Timothy ^a   Rogers, David ^a   Williams, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate; Glossina spp.; Habitat; NDVI; Southern Africa; Trypanosomiasis; Tsetse; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; HABITAT SUITABILITY; MAPPING; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; TSETSE DISTRIBUTION; TSETSE FLY; VEGETATION COVER;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA MORSITANS CENTRALIS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES; GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 0031194131     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00400.x     Document Type: Article

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