Use of climatic data to model the presence of oestrid flies in caribou herds

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 588-593

  Mörschel, Frank M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alaska; Caribou; Cephenemyia trompe; Hypoderma tarandi; Modeling; Nasal botflies; Presence; Rangifer tarandus; Temperature; Warble flies; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CEPHENEMYIA TROMPE; HYPODERMA; HYPODERMA TARANDI; OESTRIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0344457173     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802647     Document Type: Article

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