Host preferences and temporal trends of the tick Ixodes angustus in North-Central Alberta

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 902-906

  Sorensen, Troy C ^a   Moses, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST PREFERENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TICK;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRICETIDAE; FEMALE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; VOLE;

ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODES; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHREWS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

CANADA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI; CRICETINAE; HEXAPODA; IXODES ANGUSTUS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0031767078     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284617     Document Type: Article

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