Human population growth and the extinction of the tsetse fly

Agricultural expansion is a major cause of biodiversity loss worldwide. In Africa, biologists have observed that the populations of some tsetse species, which transmit human and livestock trypanosomosis, decline or disappear as human populations grow and farmers clear fly habitat for cultivation. Th...

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Main Authors:	Reid, Robin S., Kruska, Russell L., Deichmann, U., Thornton, Philip K., Leak, S.G.A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2000
Subjects:	glossinidae land use trypanosomiasis biodiversity human population animal population insects
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/30017