Records of ticks (acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing birds (aves) in Rhode Island, USA

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-192

  Hyland, Kerwin E ^a   Bernier, Jenifer ^a   Markowski, Daniel ^a,b   MacLachlan, Andrew ^a,c   Amr, Zuhair ^a,d   Pitocchelli, Jay ^a,e   Myers, James ^a,f   Hu, Renjie ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Monmouth County Mosquito Extermination Commission   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^e SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE   (United States)

^f RI Dept of Environmental Management   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Birds; Ixodes scapularis; Ixodidae; New host record; Parasitism; Ticks; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040664850     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950008684185     Document Type: Article

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