Analysing the generality of spatially predictive mosquito habitat models

Acta Tropica

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-37

  Li, Li ^a   Bian, Ling ^b   Yakob, Laith ^c   Zhou, Guofa ^d   Yan, Guiyun ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Larval habitat; Malaria; Model generality; Mosquito; Spatial generality; Spatial predictive habitat models; Temporal generality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; HABITAT USE; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HABITAT; HABITAT ELEVATION; HEAT LOAD INDEX; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WET SEASON; WETNESS INDEX;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LARVA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 79957587781     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 0001706X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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