Dispersal and distribution of the tick Ixodes uriae within and among seabird host populations: The need for a population genetic approach

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-202

  McCoy, Karen D ^a,b   Boulinier, Thierry ^a,b   Chardine, John W ^a,c   Danchin, Etienne ^a,b   Michalakis, Yannis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISPERSAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TICK;

ARTICLE; BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; IXODES; IXODES URIAE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CANADA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

CANADA;

EID: 0032973619     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285619     Document Type: Article

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