Weather and landscape factors associated with adult mosquito abundance in southwestern Georgia, U.S.A.

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-278

  Buckner, Eva A ^a   Blackmore, Mark S ^c   Golladay, Stephen W ^b   Covich, Alan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use cover; Mosquito community; Weather

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULEX; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; GEORGIA; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 82655184825     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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