Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1392, 2007, Pages 31-68

  Reeves, Will K ^a   Durden, Lance A ^b   Ritzi, Christopher M ^c   Beckham, Katy R ^d   Super, Paul E ^e   Oconnor, Barry M ^f  

^a Georgia Southern University ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Research Planning Inc   (United States)

^e Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectodytes; Ectoparasites; Great Smoky Mountains; North Carolina; Tennessee; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; PHTHIRAPTERA; REPTILIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846513352     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1392.1.2     Document Type: Article

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