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

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-245

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate; Discriminant analysis; Habitat; Maximum likelihood classification; NDVI; Principal components analysis; Southern Africa; Trypanosomiasis; Tsetse distributions; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

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

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

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

EID: 0031194319     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00401.x     Document Type: Article

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