Ecology of the common marsupial tick (Ixodes tasmani Neumann) (Acarina: Ixodidae), in eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 383-388

  Murdoch, Fiona A ^a,b,c   Spratt, David M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; MARSUPIAL; TICK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; IXODES; IXODES TASMANI; IXODIDAE; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 33646861384     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO05032     Document Type: Article

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