Temporal pattern of questing tick Ixodes ricinus density at differing elevations in the coastal region of western Norway

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Qviller, Lars ^a   Grøva, Lise ^b   Viljugrein, Hildegunn ^a,c   Klingen, Ingeborg ^b   Mysterud, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desiccation stress; Ixodes ricinus; Prevailing weather; Temperature; Tick phenology; Tick borne diseases; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; IXODES RICINUS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPRING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE; IXODES; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLIMATE; HUMIDITY; IXODES; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899472505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-179     Document Type: Article

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