Spatial stratification of host-seeking Diptera in boreal forests of northern Europe

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-62

  Swanson, D A ^a   Adler, P H ^a   Malmqvist, B ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Ceratopogonidae; Culicidae; Haematophagous Diptera; Simuliidae; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; MOSQUITO; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWEDEN; TREE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TREES;

SWEDEN;

AVES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84856236183     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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