Diel flight periodicity of the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus and the effects of meteorological conditions

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-367

  Blackwell, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides impunctatus; Flight periodicity; Meteorological conditions; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BITING MIDGE; FLIGHT PERIDOCITY; WEATHER;

SCOTLAND; UK;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031253554     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00423.x     Document Type: Article

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