Incriminating bluetongue virus vectors with climate envelope models

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1231-1242

  Purse, Bethan V ^a   Mccormick, Benjamin J J ^a   Mellor, Philip S ^b   Baylis, Matthew ^c   Boorman, John P T ^d   Borras, David ^e   Burgu, Ibrahim ^f   Capela, Ruben ^g   Caracappa, Santo ^h   Collantes, Francisco ⁱ   De Liberato, Claudio ^j   Delgado, Juan A ^k   Denison, Eric ^b   Georgiev, Georgi ^k   Harak, Medhi El ^l   De La Rocque, Stephan ^d   Lhor, Youssef ^m   Lucientes, Javier ⁿ   Mangana, Olga ^o   Miranda, Miguel Angel ^p   Nedelchev, Nedelcho ^k   Nomikou, Kyriaki ^o   Ozkul, Aykut ^f   Patakakis, Michael ^o   Pena, Isabel ^g   Scaramozzino, Paola ^j   Torina, Alessandra ^h   Rogers, David J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Departamento Técnico ^*

^e Institut de Biologia Animal de Balears   (Spain)

^f ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^h ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^j ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^k National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute   (Bulgaria)

^l Biopharma   (Morocco)

^m Ministère de l'Agriculture du Développement Rural et des Pêches Maritimes   (Morocco)

ⁿ Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

^o Ministry of Rural Development and Food   (Greece)

^p UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Bluetongue virus; C. obsoletus; C. pulicaris; Climate; Culicoides imicola; Environmental envelope

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIVESTOCK; PALEARCTIC REGION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; CULICOIDES OBSOLETUS; CULICOIDES PULICARIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35648963209     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01342.x     Document Type: Article

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