Multivariate morphometrics of larvae of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) with notes on nomenclature

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 916-925

  Hutcheson, H Joel ^a   Oliver Jr , James H ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TICK; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BLACK-LEGGED TICK; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TICK LARVA;

USA;

ACARI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0030301883     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284200     Document Type: Article

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