Land use and mosquito diversity in the Peruvian Amazon

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1023-1030

  Johnson, M F ^a   Gomez A ^a   Pinedo Vasquez, M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Iquitos; Land use; Mosquito diversity; Remotely sensed images

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MOSQUITO; PERU; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CULICIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PERU; URBANIZATION;

EID: 56749131135     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[1023:LUAMDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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