Saturation deficit and deer density affect questing activity and local abundance of Ixodes ricinus (Acari, Ixodidae) in Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 114-124

  Tagliapietra, V ^a   Rosa R ^a   Arnoldi, D ^a   Cagnacci, F ^a   Capelli, G ^b   Montarsi, F ^b   Hauffe, H C ^a   Rizzoli, A ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Climate; Ixodes ricinus; Linear model; Saturation deficit; Seasonal questing activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; RED DEER; ROE DEER; SATURATION DEFICIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; UNGULATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; ITALY; IXODES; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 82755197911     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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