Weather variables and tabanid catches
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The effect of weather variables on the flight activity of horseflies
(Diptera: Tabanidae) in the continental climate of Hungary
Tamás Herczeg, Dénes Száz, Miklós Blahó, András Barta,
Mónika Gyurkovszky, Róbert Farkas and Gábor Horváth*
*corresponding author, e-mail address: gh@arago.elte.hu
Tamás Herczeg, Dénes Száz, Miklós Blahó, András Barta, Mónika Gyurkovszky, Róbert
Farkas, Gábor Horváth (2015) The effect of weather variables on the flight activity of
horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the continental climate of Hungary. Parasitology Research
114 (3): 1087-1097 (doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-4280-3)
This file includes: Supplementary Figures S1-S5 with legends
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Supplementary Figures with Legends
Supplementary Figure S1: The radio weather station (A), the sensors of the weather station fixed
at a height of 2 m, and the polarization cloud detector (C) used in our 88-day tabanid survey.
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Supplementary Figure S2: Original diagrams of the weather parameters registered in every 30
minutes by our weather station between 2 June and 28 August 2013 during our tabanid survey. (A)
Air temperature (red) and dewpoint (green) in oC. (B) Relative humidity of the air outside (green)
and inside (red) the reference room in %. (C) Absolute air pressure (green) and air pressure adjusted
to sea level (red, the station pressure adjusted to sea level assuming that the temperature falls at a
lapse rate of 6.5 K per km in the fictive layer of air between the station and sea level) in hPa. (D)
Wind speed (averaged for 5 seconds, red) and wind blow (i.e. gust = maximal momentary wind
velocity within 5 seconds, green) in km/h. (E) Amount of rain water (red, in mm) as a function of
time.
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Supplementary Figure S3: Diagrams of uncorrelating data pairs of weather parameters registered
between 2 June and 28 August 2013 during our tabanid survey. (A) Air pressure P (hPa) versus air
temperature T (oC). (B) Wind speed W (km/h) versus air temperature T (oC). (C) Air pressure P
(hPa) versus relative air humidity H (%). (D) Wind speed W (km/h) versus relative air humidity H
(%).The continuous curves are fitted to the measured points.
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Supplementary Figure S4: Residual errors of the LOESS curve-fitting versus the weather
parameters [solar elevation angle θS, air temperature T (oC), relative air humidity H (%)] for the
liquid traps (A, C, E) and the canopy traps (B, D, F). The continuous curves are fitted to the
measured points.
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Supplementary Figure S5: Residual errors of the LOESS curve-fitting versus the weather
parameters [air pressure P (hPa), temporal change ΔP/Δt (hPa/hour), wind speed W (km/h)] for the
liquid traps (A, C, E) and the canopy traps (B, D, F). The continuous curves are fitted to the
measured points.
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