Estimating mosquito population size from mark-release-recapture data

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 533-542

  Cianci, D ^a   Van Den Broek, J ^a   Caputo, B ^b   Marini, F ^b   Della Torre, A ^b   Heesterbeek, H ^a   Hartemink, N ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aedes albopictus; logistic regression model; mark release recapture; vector population; vector borne disease control

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; ROME;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS;

EID: 84878343121     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12126     Document Type: Article

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