Seasonality in diurnal locomotory patterns of adult blacklegged ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 582-588

  Madden, Stephanie C ^a   Madden, Robert C ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Behavioral ecology; Ixodes; Seasonality; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 22844450331     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.4.582     Document Type: Article

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