What drives the spatial distribution of mosquitoes?

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Burkett Cadena, Nathan D ^a,b   McClure, Christopher J W ^a,c   Estep, Laura K ^a,d   Eubanks, Micky D ^a,e  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex; Ectotherm; GIS; Mosquito borne disease; Spatial epidemiology; Vector ecology.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894596932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00009.1     Document Type: Article

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