Meteorological effects on the daily activity patterns of tabanid biting flies in northern Queensland, Australia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-24

  van Hennekeler, K ^a   Jones, R E ^a   Skerratt, L F ^a   Muzari, M O ^a   Fitzpatrick, L A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Australia; Insect vectors; Meteorological; Surra; Surveillance; Tabanid; Trapping; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; DIURNAL VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; INHIBITION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROTOZOAN; TRAPPING; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INSECT CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; QUEENSLAND; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TABANIDAE;

EID: 79951544094     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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