Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Rural Landscape

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-95

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Hazler, Kirsten R ^a   Cepeda, Obed M ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Tick ecology; Tick population dynamics; Tick seasonal activity; Tick spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACER; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; QUERCUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IXODES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; IXODES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0029678517     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.90     Document Type: Article

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