Climate changes and suitability for the ticks Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum (Ixodidae) in Zimbabwe (1974-1999)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 256-267

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a   Horak, Ivan G ^b,c   Petney, Trevor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amblyomma hebraeum; Amblyomma variegatum; Climate cycles; Habitat suitability; Invasive events; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TICK; ZIMBABWE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IXODIDAE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; ZIMBABWE;

AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 38049059886     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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