Hybridization in natural sympatric populations of Dermacentor ticks in northwestern North America

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 714-724

  Araya Anchetta, A ^a   Scoles, G A ^b   Giles, J ^a   Busch, J D ^a   Wagner, D M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D. variabilis; Dermacentor andersoni; Hybridization; Population structure; Ticks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886281551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.496     Document Type: Article

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