Simulating tick distributions over sub-Saharan Africa: The use of observed and simulated climate surfaces

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1221-1232

  Olwoch, J M ^a   Rautenbach, C J D W ^a   Erasmus, B F N ^a   Engelbrecht, F A ^a   Van Jaarsveld, A S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Faculty of AgriSciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate data sets; Distribution modelling; Ticks

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; TICK;

AFRICA;

ACARI; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS CAPENSIS; RHIPICEPHALUS LONGUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ZAMBEZIENSIS;

EID: 0043235774     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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