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Contour Maps of Infestation Incidence Useful in Epizootiology of Screw‐Worms, Cochliomyia Hominivorax (Coquerel)
Author(s) -
Davis Richard B.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934548
Subject(s) - cochliomyia hominivorax , epizootiology , infestation , biology , population , ecology , larva , statistics , calliphoridae , mathematics , demography , agronomy , virology , sociology
Data collected during the Screw—Worm Eradication Program in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico provided opportunity for the development of contour maps to show the incidence of larvae of the screw—worm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), in animal wounds. An empirical technique was developed for choosing biologically meaningful contours and for actual contour plotting. This approach to the study of population dynamics should be useful in studies of other animals.