External parasites of neotoma magister baird (Allegheny Woodrat) in the cumberland mountains and plateau, Tennessee

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 167-174

  Parker, William T ^a   Gerhardt, Reid R ^a   Muller, Lisa I ^a   Caldwell, Nathan D ^b   Castleberry, Steven B ^c   Ford, W Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVERNICOLA; EPITEDIA; IXODES; IXODES WOODI; IXODIDA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MAGISTER; ORCHOPEAS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 65949110154     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.008.0115     Document Type: Article

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