Climate change decreases habitat suitability for some tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) in South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-93

  Estrada Pena A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Habitat suitability; South Africa; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES HABITAT; TICK; VEGETATION; WARMING; WATER VAPOR;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 0042879865     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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