Microclimate and habitat in relation to Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) populations on Long Point, Ontario, Canada

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-262

  Lindsay, L R ^a   Mathison, S W ^b   Barker, I K ^b   McEwen, S A ^b   Gillespie, T J ^b   Surgeoner, G A ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deer; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme borreliosis; Microclimate; Tick ecology

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACER; CERVIDAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; POPULUS; QUERCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE; DEER; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE; DEER; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; ONTARIO; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0033129423     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.255     Document Type: Review

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