Estimation of survival rates in haematophagous insects

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-233

  Lord, C C ^a   Baylis, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Haematophagous; Simulation model; Survival rates; Time series analysis; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INSECT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033167414     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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