Timing of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Oviposition and Larval Activity in Southern New York

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 140-147

  Daniels, Thomas J ^a,b,c   Falco, Richard C ^a,b,c,d   Curran, Kathleen L ^a,e,f   Fish, Durland ^a,b,g  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dept of Comm and Prev Medicine

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Westchester Co Department of Health   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Wesley College   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ixodes scapularis; Larval eclosion; Mortality; Reproduction; Seasonal activity; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACARI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DOG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; RABBIT; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; NEW YORK; OVIPOSITION; RABBITS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029678127     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.140     Document Type: Article

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