Survivorship of engorged female Ixodes scapularis and their eggs in a leaf litter microhabitat in Maryland

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-351

  Carroll, J F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Eggs; Engorged females; Ixodidae; Mortality

Indexed keywords

IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0030067339     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00800.x     Document Type: Article

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