Field Estimates of Numbers of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Larvae and Nymphs per Hectare Successfully Feeding on Peromyscus leucopus in Massachusetts

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 812-818

  Lyon, S M ^a   Edman, J D ^a   Van Driesche, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ixodes scapularis; Peromyscus leucopus; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CRICETINAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; INFESTATION; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; IXODES; LARVA; MASSACHUSETTS; NYMPH; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0030236060     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.812     Document Type: Article

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