Modelling the distribution and abundance of Culicoides imicola in Morocco and Iberia using climatic data and satellite imagery

Archives of Virology, Supplement

Volumn 1998, Issue SUPPL. 14, 1998, Pages 137-153

  Baylis, M ^a   Rawlings, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMIDITY; MOROCCO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SEASON; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIDAE; HUMIDITY; INSECT VECTORS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOROCCO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PORTUGAL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 0031610852     PISSN: 09391983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6823-3_14     Document Type: Article

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