Abundance modelling of invasive and indigenous Culicoides species in Spain

Geospatial Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-254

  Ducheyne, Els ^a   Chueca, Miguel A Miranda ^b   Lucientes, Javier ^c   Calvete, Carlos ^d   Estrada, Rosa ^c   Boender, Gert Jan ^e   Goossens, Els ^a   De Clercq, Eva M ^a   Hendrickx, Guy ^a  

^a AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culicoides; Medium resolution; Random forests; Spain; Spatial abundance modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SHEEP; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLUETONGUE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SHEEP; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896522264     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.70     Document Type: Article

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