The spatial distribution of larvae of Culicoides impunctatus biting midges

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-371

  Blackwell, A ^a   Lock, K A ^a   Marshall, B ^b   Boag, B ^b   Gordon, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culicoides impunctatus; Geostatistics; Larval aggregations; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; LARVA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; DIPTERA; JUNCUS; MYRICA GALE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0033213816     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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