Effects of vegetation and weather on trap catches of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes near Lake Victoria, Kenya

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-236

  Mohamed Ahmed, Mohamed M ^a   Wynholds, Yno ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biconical trap; Glossina fuscipes fuscipes; Light; Monitor lizard; Relative humidity; Temperature; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

TRAPPING; TSETSE FLY; VEGETATION; WEATHER;

KENYA; VICTORIA;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA FUSCIPES; GLOSSINA FUSCIPES FUSCIPES; GLOSSINIDAE; SQUAMATA; VARANUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031423135     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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