Spatial abundance and clustering of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on a local scale

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kirkeby, Carsten ^a   Bødker, René ^a   Stockmarr, Anders ^a   Lind, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abundance modeling; Bluetongue; Culicoides; Local scale abundance; Schmallenberg virus; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULICOIDES; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84874023467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-43     Document Type: Article

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