Study of Aedes albopictus dispersal in Rome, Italy, using sticky traps in mark-release-recapture experiments

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-368

  Marini, F ^a   Caputo, B ^a   Pombi, M ^a   Tarsitani, G ^a   Della Torre, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; Dispersal; Europe; Flight range; Mark release recapture; Mean distance travelled; Sticky trap

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPERSAL; FLUORESCENCE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); URBAN AREA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; ITALY; MALE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROME; TIME FACTORS;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 78149370350     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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