A simulation model for environmental population densities, survival rates and prevalence of Boophilus decoloratus (Acari: ixodidae) using remotely sensed environmental information

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-78

  Estrada Peña, Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boophilus decoloratus; Habitat suitability; Life table; Model; Remote sensing; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VEGETATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0037181015     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(01)00607-0     Document Type: Article

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