Horizontal and vertical movements of host-seeking ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs in a hardwood forest

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-266

  Lane, Robert S ^a   Mun, Jeomhee ^b   Stubbs, Harrison A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Health   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Dispersal; Ixodes pacificus; Nymphs; Woodland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT LEAF; TREE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; NYMPH; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; WOOD;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 75649126922     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/038.034.0212     Document Type: Article

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