The impact of habitat fragmentation on tsetse abundance on the plateau of eastern Zambia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-18

  Ducheyne, E ^a   Mweempwa, C ^b   De Pus, C ^c   Vernieuwe, H ^a   De Deken, R ^c   Hendrickx, G ^a   Van den Bossche, P ^c,d  

^a AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^b Department of Veterinary and Livestock Development ^*  (Zambia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Faculty of Veterinary Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fragmentation analysis; GIS; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SEASONS; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLIES; ZAMBIA;

GLOSSINA (GENUS);

EID: 67651119884     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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