Explaining the Host-Finding Behavior of Blood-Sucking Insects: Computerized Simulation of the Effects of Habitat Geometry on Tsetse Fly Movement

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Vale, Glyn A ^a,b   Hargrove, John W ^b   Solano, Philippe ^c   Courtin, Fabrice ^c   Rayaisse, Jean Baptiste ^c   Lehane, Michael J ^d   Esterhuizen, Johan ^d   Tirados, Inaki ^d   Torr, Stephen J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLOSSINIDAE; HABITAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SAVANNA; SMELLING; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 84903446880     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002901     Document Type: Article

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