High-resolution predictive mapping for Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Horn of Africa

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 531-542

  Leta, Samson ^a   De Clercq, Eva M ^b   Madder, Maxime ^c  

^a Adami Tullu Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

East Coast fever; Habitat suitability; Horn of Africa; Maxent; R. appendiculatus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CATTLE; DISEASE VECTOR; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; MAPPING METHOD; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RANGE SIZE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TICK; TROPICAL REGION;

HORN OF AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACARI; BOS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 84879225362     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9670-1     Document Type: Article

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