Effect of deer exclusion by fencing on abundance of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) on Fire Island, New York, USA

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 215-221

  Ginsberg, Howard S ^a   Butler, Mari ^a   Zhioua, Elyes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Deer exclusion; Tick management

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENGINEERING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICK;

ANIMALS; DEER; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENGINEERING; LARVA; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICKS;

EID: 0036988979     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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