Prevalence of deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) on white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in forest fragments

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1015-1018

  Wilder, Shawn M ^a   Meikle, Douglas B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer tick; Fragments; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Parasitism; Peromyscus leucopus; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATCH SIZE; RODENT; TICK;

ACARI; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 23844529208     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/020     Document Type: Article

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