Effect of forest fragmentation on tick infestations of birds and tick infection rates by Rickettsia in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

EcoHealth

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-331

  Ogrzewalska, Maria ^a   Uezu, Alexandre ^b   Jenkins, Clinton N ^c   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IPE Inst de Pesq Ecologicas   (Brazil)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; biodiversity; birds; fragmentation; rickettsia; ticks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TREES;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA NODOSUM; AVES; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA PARKERI;

EID: 84859985036     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-011-0726-6     Document Type: Article

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