Seasonal variation in nymphal blacklegged tick abundance in southern new England forests

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 898-900

  Rodgers, Sarah E ^a,b   Miller, Nathan J ^a   Mather, Thomas N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intraseasonal; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Tick abundance; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IXODES; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; IXODES; NEW ENGLAND; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TREES;

IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 34548827322     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[898:SVINBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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