The incidence and effects of ticks on migrating birds at a stopover site in Maine

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 171-182

  Morris, Sara R ^a,b   Ertel, Miranda C ^a   Wright, Mary P ^b  

^a CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; IXODIDA;

EID: 34447256562     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[171:TIAEOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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