A long-term study of non-native-heartworm transmission among coyotes in a Mediterranean ecosystem

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 478-490

  Sacks, Benjamin N ^a   Woodward, David L ^b   Colwell, Arthur E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lake County Vector Control District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

ANOPHELES PUNCTIPENNIS; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; OCHLEROTATUS SIERRENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043234385     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12590.x     Document Type: Article

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