A quantitative comparison of two sample methods for collecting Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Missouri

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-438

  Petry, William K ^a   Foré, Stephanie A ^a   Fielden, Laura J ^a   Kim, Hyun Joo ^a  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Dermacentor variabilis; Dragging; Dry ice baiting; Off host sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAIT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; MICROCLIMATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TICK;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DERMACENTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IXODIDAE; LARVA; NYMPH; SEASONS;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 78149495349     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9373-9     Document Type: Article

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