Effects of Japanese barberry (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) removal and resulting microclimatic changes on ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) abundances in Connecticut, USA

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1911-1921

  Williams, Scott C ^a   Ward, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Department of Forestry and Horticulture ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Berberis thunbergii; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; microclimate; vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; DICOTYLEDON; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; PARASITE INFESTATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SHRUB; SOIL STRUCTURE; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMIDITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BERBERIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMIDITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; IXODES; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; BERBERIDACEAE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS THUNBERGII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RANUNCULALES;

EID: 79251477901     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10131     Document Type: Article

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