Comparative population dynamics of a generalist (Ixodes ricinus) and specialist tick (I. hexagonus) species from European hedgehogs

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-164

  Pfaffle M ^a   Petney, T ^a   Skuballa, J ^a   Taraschewski, H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

European hedgehog; Generalist; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Population dynamics; Specialist

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERALIST; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONALITY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIALIST; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEDGEHOG; IXODES; MALE; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEDGEHOGS; IXODES; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BORRELIA; ERINACEIDAE; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 79955544927     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9432-x     Document Type: Article

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