Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-385

  Godfrey, S S ^a   Bull, C M ^a   Nelson, N J ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation; Host parasite ecology; Ticks; Transmission; Trombiculid mites; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; REPTILE; SHRUB; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFESTATION; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITOLOGY; REPTILE; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MITE INFESTATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; REPTILES; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; STEPHENS ISLAND;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; IXODIDA; NEOTROMBICULA; REPTILIA; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA; TROMBICULIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56549121156     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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