The effect of deer management on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus in Scotland

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 658-667

  Gilbert, L ^a   Maffey, G L ^b   Ramsay, S L ^a   Hester, A J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Culling; Deer; Disease; Fencing; Forest; Ixodes ricinus; Management; Moorland; Pathogen; Scotland, United Kingdom; Tick

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CULLING; DEER; DISEASE VECTOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENERALIST; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUNTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOORLAND; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; IXODES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; IXODES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCOTLAND;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERVIDAE; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 84859542999     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0458.1     Document Type: Article

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