Temperature and moisture content of soils of termite mounds and animal burrows in relation to relative abundance of adult phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Marigat semiarid area, Baringo District, Kenya

• Published in: Environmental entomology Vol. 19; no. 3
• Main Authors: Basimike, M. (International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya), Mutinga, M.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.1990
• Subjects: CONTENIDO DE AGUA EN EL SUELO; DENSIDAD DE LA POBLACION; DENSITE DE POPULATION; HABITAT; KENIA; KENYA; MICROCLIMA; MICROCLIMAT; PHLEBOTOMIDAE; TEMPERATURA DEL SUELO; TEMPERATURE DU SOL; TENEUR EN EAU DU SOL

In the Marigat Location, Baringo District, Kenya, Africa, a survey was conducted from November 1986 to August 1987 to study the microclimate of termite mounds and animal burrows in relation to the relative abundance of sandflies of the genera Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia. Soil temperature was the mo...