Immature ticks on birds: Temporal abundance and reinfestation

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Scharf, William C ^a,b  

^a WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEPORISPALUSTRIS; IXODES; IXODES MURIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 7444266324     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2004)011[0143:ITOBTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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