Tick (Ixodes ricinus) abundance and seasonality at recreational sites in the UK: Hazards in relation to fine-scale habitat types revealed by complementary sampling methods

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-74

  Dobson, Andrew D M ^a   Taylor, Jennifer L ^a   Randolph, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat type; Ixodes ricinus; Recreation; Sampling method; Tick borne disease hazard

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRASS; HABITAT; HEALTH HAZARD; IXODES RICINUS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECREATION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; HUMANS; IXODES; POPULATION DENSITY; RECREATION; SEASONS;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 79957877073     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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