Reduced interference by gray squirrels with 4-poster deer treatment bait stations by using timed-release bait

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-332

  Carroll, J F ^a   Pound, J M ^b   Miller, J A ^b   Kramer, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 Poster; Acaricide; Blacklegged tick; Corn bait; Lone star tick; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEER; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; SCIURIDAE; TICK CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CERVIDAE; HEXAPODA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68949201830     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710-33.2.325     Document Type: Article

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