Ecology of North American Triatominae

Acta Tropica

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 178-186

  Ibarra Cerdeña, Carlos N ^a   Sánchez Cordero, Victor ^a   Townsend Peterson, A ^b   Ramsey, Janine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Niche modeling; North America; Triatominae; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; INSECT; LAND COVER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES COMPLEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PANSTRONGYLUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RHODNIUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; TRIATOMINAE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BELMINUS; DIPETALOGASTER; ERATYRUS; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARATRIATOMA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 64249102403     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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