Quantifying the spatial dependence of Culicoides midge samples collected by Onderstepoort-type blacklight traps: An experimental approach to infer the range of attraction of light traps

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-161

  Rigot, T ^a   Gilbert, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biting midges; Bluetongue disease; Landscape scale distribution; Light trap; Sampling method; Vector distribution

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; GEOMETRY; INSECT; LIGHT EFFECT; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; BLUETONGUE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EUROPE;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84860523774     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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