Distribution and Abundance of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in North America: Ecological Processes and Spatial Analysis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 446-457

  Wilson, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ixodes scapularis; Landscape ecology; Spatial distribution; Tick population biology; Vertebrate host abundance

Indexed keywords

ACARI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IXODES; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; IXODES; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0032113319     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.446     Document Type: Article

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