Modelling the spatial-temporal distribution of tsetse (Glossina pallidipes) as a function of topography and vegetation greenness in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe

Applied Geography

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 198-206

  Matawa, Farai ^a,b   Murwira, Amon ^a   Zengeya, Fadzai M ^a   Atkinson, Peter M ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Environ and Remote Sensing Inst   (Zimbabwe)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elevation; Glossina pallidipes; Habitat; Maxent; NDVI; Topographic position index; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; HABITAT; NDVI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; TSETSE FLY;

ZAMBEZI VALLEY;

GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES;

EID: 84989338135     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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