Influence of biotope on the distribution and peak activity of questing ixodid ticks in Hungary

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Hornok, S ^a   Farkas, R ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dermacentor; Haemaphysalis; Ixodes; Questing; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTOPE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST LOCATION; MEADOW; MONTANE FOREST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TICK;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; HAEMAPHYSALIS INERMIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 60449120362     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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