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Vector Biology, Ecology and Control

2010
Global Perspectives on Vector-Borne Disease.- The Role of Global Climate Patterns in the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Vector-Borne Disease.- The DDT Story: Environmentalism Over Rights to Health and Life.- Vector-Borne Diseases in the 21st Century: Counting Up or Counting Down?.- Emerging and Invasive Vector-Borne Diseases.- The Global Threat ...
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Vector generalized additive models in plant ecology

Ecological Modelling, 2002
Abstract The class of vector generalized linear and additive models (VGLMs and VGAMs) are very large and encompasses many statistical distributions and models. In particular, the classical exponential family containing the normal, binomial and Poisson are a small subset of this family.
Thomas W. Yee, Monique Mackenzie
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Ticks as vectors: taxonomy, biology and ecology

Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE, 2015
Ticks are prominent parasites and competent vectors of pathogens that affect both humans and animals. This review outlines and illustrates the main features of the morphology of ticks of the families Ixodidae and Argasidae, and summarises the basic components of their life cycles.
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Modelling ecological niches with support vector machines

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2006
SummaryThe ecological niche is a fundamental biological concept. Modelling species’ niches is central to numerous ecological applications, including predicting species invasions, identifying reservoirs for disease, nature reserve design and forecasting the effects of anthropogenic and natural climate change on species’ ranges.A computational analogue ...
Drake, J. M., Randin, C., Guisan, A.
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Chemical ecology of insect vectors: the neglected temporal dimension

Trends in Parasitology, 2004
Insect chemical ecology is a well-established discipline that studies the nature and function of natural chemicals mediating interactions among organisms. Research in this area has led to the identification of substances used to bait targets and traps, which proved to be effective in the control and monitor of insect pests [1,2].
Claudio R, Lazzari, Sebastián A, Minoli, Romina B, Barrozo   +2 more
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Chemical ecology of triatomine bugs: vectors of Chagas disease

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2001
Abstract. Knowledge of chemical ecology of haematophagous triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) could be of practical value because this polyphyletic subfamily includes species of medical importance, such as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas ...
L, Cruz-López, E A, Malo, J C, Rojas, E D, Morgan   +3 more
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Ecology of Insect Vector Populations.

The Journal of Applied Ecology, 1969
M. W. Service, R. C. Muirhead-Thomson
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The ecology of Lyme borreliosis vector ticks

1999
The main vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the cause of Lyme borreliosis, are ixodid ticks of the Ixodes persulcatus species complex. These ticks, which occur throughout the northern temperate zone, have very similar life cycles and ecological requirements. All are three-host ticks, with the immature stages mainly parasitizing small to medium-
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Chemical ecology and olfaction in arthropod vectors of diseases

Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2015
Hematophagous arthropods (ticks and insects, collectively hereafter referred to as vectors) transmit various life threatening diseases resulting in over one million human deaths annually. Exploiting vertebrates for blood demanded extensive sensory and behavioral adaptations that are apparent across the evolutionary range of vector species, from ...
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MALARIA VECTOR ECOLOGY AND GENETICS

British Medical Bulletin, 1982
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