Modeling the habitat suitability for the arbovirus vector Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Germany

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 957-964

  Koch, Lisa K ^a   Cunze, Sarah ^a   Werblow, Antje ^a   Kochmann, Judith ^a   Dörge, Dorian D ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^b   Klimpel, Sven ^a  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asian tiger mosquito; Climate change; Ecological niche modeling; Maxent; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GERMANY; HABITAT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUSES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84959129536     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4822-3     Document Type: Article

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