Ixodes ricinus is the dominant questing tick in forest habitats in Romania: The results from a countrywide dragging campaign

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-182

  Mihalca, A D ^a   Gherman, C M ^a   Magdas C ^a   Dumitrache, M O ^a   Gyorke A ^a   Sandor A D ^a,b   Domsa C ^a   Oltean, M ^a   Mircean, V ^a   Marcutan D I ^a   D'Amico, G ^a   Paduraru A O ^c   Cozma, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Questing ticks; Romania; Tick community

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL METHOD; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMPATRY; TICK;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84865267435     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9568-3     Document Type: Article

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