Quantifying the wind dispersal of Culicoides species in Greece and Bulgaria

This paper tests the hypothesis that <em>Culicoides</em> (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species can be propagated by wind over long distances. Movement patterns of midges were inferred indirectly from patterns of the spread of bluetongue outbreaks between farms (using outbreak data from 1999...

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Main Authors: E. Ducheyne, R. De Deken, S. Bécu, B. Codina, K. Nomikou, O. Mangana-Vougiaki, G. Georgiev, B.V. Purse, G. Hendrickx
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2007-05-01
Series:Geospatial Health
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Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/266