Influence of the landscape on dispersal of sylvatic triatomines to anthropic habitats in the Atlantic Forest

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 651-663

  Leite, Gustavo Rocha ^a   dos Santos, Claudiney Biral ^a   Falqueto, Aloísio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropic habitat; Atlantic Forest; Brazil; Dispersal; Domiciliation; Environmental degradation; Generalized additive models; Spatial autocorrelation; Triatoma vitticeps; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUTOCORRELATION; COLONIZATION; DATABASE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INSECT; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO;

TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA VITTICEPS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 79952637163     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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