Ticks infesting the endangered Italian hare (Lepus corsicanus) and their habitat in an ecological park in southern Italy

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Testini, Gabriella ^a   DiGeronimo, Peter M ^b   Lorusso, Vincenzo ^a   Mallia, Egidio ^c   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Parco Regionale Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Ixodida; Ixodidae; Lepus corsicanus; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FITNESS; LAGOMORPH; MEADOW; PARASITE INFESTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL; TICK; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HARE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ITALY; IXODES; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; HARES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; IXODES; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ITALY;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; LEPUS; LEPUS CORSICANUS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 78649720516     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9387-3     Document Type: Article

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