Prediction of the distribution of Glossina tachinoides (Diptera: Glossinidae) in the Volta basin of northern Ghana

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-67

  Mahama, C I ^a   Kone A ^b   De La Rocque, S ^c   De Deken, R ^d   Geerts, S ^d  

^a Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Contr U   (Ghana)

^b Ctr Intl Recherche D   (Burkina Faso)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PREDICTION; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GHANA; PHYSIOLOGY; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GHANA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TSETSE FLIES;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; NORTHERN REGION [GHANA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLTA BASIN; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA TACHINOIDES; GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 13844272449     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2004340     Document Type: Article

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