Seasonal and spatial changes of sand fly species in a canyon in the Carmel Mountains

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Müller, Günter C ^a   Kravchenko, Vasiliy D ^b   Schlein, Yosef ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carmel Mts.; Distribution; Israel; Microhabitat; P. arabicus; P. sergenti; Phlebotomine sand flies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASONS;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 79952143841     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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