Tick community composition in Midwestern US habitats in relation to sampling method and environmental conditions

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-119

  Rynkiewicz, Evelyn C ^a,b   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Dermacentor variabilis; Ixodes scapularis; Microclimate; Sampling methods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROCLIMATE; RODENT; SAMPLING; TICK;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES DAMMINI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICKS;

EID: 84905381181     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-014-9798-7     Document Type: Article

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