Effects of microscale habitat physiognomy on the focal distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1085-1090

  Schulze, Terry L ^a   Jordan, Robert A ^b,c   Hung, Robert W ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b Freehold Area Health Department   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Flag sampling; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HUMIDITY; LEAF LITTER; MICROHABITAT; TICK; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0036960805     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1085     Document Type: Article

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