Can landscape metrics help determine the Culicoides imicola distribution in Italy?

<em>Culicoides imicola</em> is considered to be one of the main vectors of bluetongue disease in the Mediterranean Basin. However, local variations occur. For example, in Italy, <em>C. imicola</em> is a stable and abundant population in Sardinia and is widely distributed acro...

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Main Authors: Carla Ippoliti, Marius Gilbert, Sabine Vanhuysse, Maria Goffredo, Giuseppe Satta, Eléonore Wolff, Annamaria Conte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-11-01
Series:Geospatial Health
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Online Access:http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/72