Managing japanese barberry (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) infestations reduces blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) abundance and infection prevalence with borrelia burgdoiferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 977-984

  Williams, Scott C ^a   Ward, Jeffrey S ^a   Worthley, Thomas E ^b   Stafford III, Kirby C ^a  

^a Department of Forestry and Horticulture ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacklegged tick; Japanese barberry; Lyme disease; White footed mouse; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; TICK; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BERBERIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY;

CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; BERBERIDACEAE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS THUNBERGII; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RANUNCULALES; SPIROCHAETACEAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 69849111797     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0404     Document Type: Article

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