Characterization and Detection of Anopheles vestitipennis and Anopheles punctimacula (Diptera: Culicidae) Larval Habitats in Belize with Field Survey and SPOT Satellite Imagery

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-88

  Rejmankova, E ^a   Pope, K O ^b   Roberts, D R ^c   Lege, M G ^a   Andre, R ^c   Greico, J ^c   Alonzo, Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Geo Eco Arc Research   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Belize)

Author keywords

Anopheles punctimacula; Anopheles vestitipennis; Larval habitats; SPOT imagery; Swamp forest; Tall dense macrophytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BELIZE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARVA; LONG DURATION; NASA DISCIPLINE GENERAL SPACE LIFE SCIENCES; NON-NASA CENTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPOT PROJECT; TREE; UNMANNED;

NASA DISCIPLINE GENERAL SPACE LIFE SCIENCES; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; SPOT PROJECT; UNMANNED;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BELIZE; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPACECRAFT; TREES;

EID: 0032084414     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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