Efficacy of dry ice-baited traps for sampling Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) varies with life stage but not habitat

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 708-711

  Kensinger, B J ^a   Allan, B F ^b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; carbon dioxide trap sampling; mark recapture; tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK; UNITED STATES; ZOOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DRY ICE; ECOSYSTEM; ENTOMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; IXODIDAE; MISSOURI; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CARYA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79955967158     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10275     Document Type: Article

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