A comparison of visual and flagging methods for estimating adult Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) tick abundance

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 435-438

  Castro, Martin B ^a   Clover, James R ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IXODES; METHODOLOGY; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENTOMOLOGY; IXODES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

ACARI; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 78751557795     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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