Topsoil conditions correlate with the emergence rates of Culicoides chiopterus and Culicoides dewulfi (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from cowpats

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1113-1117

  Lühken, Renke ^a   Kiel, Ellen ^a   Steinke, Sonja ^a   Fladung, Regine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Cowpat; Culicoides; Edaphic parameters; Soil wetness

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; COWPATS; CULICOIDES; CULICOIDES CHIOPTERUS; CULICOIDES DEWULFI; FEMALE; MALE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FECES; LIVESTOCK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; SOIL;

EID: 84925491599     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4284-z     Document Type: Article

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