Environmental factors associated with distribution and range limits of malaria vector Anopheles farauti in Australia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1068-1075

  Sweeney, A W ^a   Beebe, N W ^a   Cooper, R D ^b   Bauer, J T ^c   Peterson, A T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ARMY MALARIA INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche models; Malaria; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANOPHELES FARAUTI;

EID: 33750954577     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[1068:EFAWDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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