Lone star tick abundance, fire, and bison grazing in tall-grass prairie

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Cully Jr , Jack F ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Habitat; Integrated pest management; Ixodidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; PEST CONTROL; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; TICK;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BOS; BOS BISON; BUBALUS; IXODIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033011415     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003507     Document Type: Article

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