Seasonal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus on ground level and higher vegetation in a preserved wooded area in southern Europe

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 253-258

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Otranto, Domenico ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disease; Ecology; Population; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; IMAGO; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; BORRELIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOREST; HUMAN; IXODES; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYME DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; FORESTS; HUMANS; ITALY; IXODES; LARVA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 84871678227     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.09.034     Document Type: Article

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