Occurrence patterns of afrotropical ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the climate space are not correlated with their taxonomic relationships

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a   Estrada Sánchez, Adrián ^a   Estrada Sánchez, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; NONHUMAN; PALEOTROPICS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; IXODIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 84861309288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036976     Document Type: Article

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