Trends in ixodid tick abundance and distribution in Great Britain

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-247

  Scharlemann, J P W ^a,c   Johnson, P J ^a   Smith, A A ^b   Macdonald, D W ^a   Randolph, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cervidae; Deer; Distribution; Great Britain; Ixodes ricinus; Ixodidae; Lagopus lagopus scoticus; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GAMEBIRD; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; GALLIFORMES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; GALLIFORMES; GREAT BRITAIN; IXODIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACARI; CERVIDAE; CETARTIODACTYLA; GALLIFORMES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 49749102828     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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