Terra and Aqua satellites track tiger mosquito invasion: Modelling the potential distribution of Aedes albopictus in north-eastern Italy

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Neteler, Markus ^a   Roiz, David ^b   Rocchini, Duccio ^a   Castellani, Cristina ^a   Rizzoli, Annapaola ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictusItaly; MODIS Land Surface Temperature; Predictive map; Satellite; Spatial distribution; Spatial entomological risk assessment; Spatial model; Tiger mosquito

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DISEASE VECTOR; GIS; MODIS; MOSQUITO; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING;

ITALY;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTHROPODA;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

AEDES; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; FORECASTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ITALY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPACECRAFT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960978053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-49     Document Type: Article

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