Abundance estimation of Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-84

  Kiffner, Christian ^a   Lödige, Christina ^a   Alings, Matthias ^a   Vor, Torsten ^a   Rühe, Ferdinand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ectoparasite; Negative binomial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOPARASITE; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; DEER; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK INFESTATION; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PROCEDURES; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DEER; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODES; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

GERMANY;

ACARI; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; FAGUS; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 77955176761     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9341-4     Document Type: Article

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