Relative abundance and survival of the tick Amblyomma americanum collected from sunlit and shaded habitats

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-176

  Koch, K R ^a   Burg, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Host searching; Lone star tick; Population biology; Spatial distribution; Survival; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

HOST LOCATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SURVIVAL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL; TICK; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745480176     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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