Survey of a Rodent and Tick Community in East-Central Texas

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 415-424

  Rodriguez, Jaime E ^a   Hamer, Sarah A ^b   Castellanos, Adrian A ^a   Light, Jessica E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; BAIOMYS TAYLORI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; PEROMYSCUS GOSSYPINUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; REITHRODONTOMYS FULVESCENS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 84937160716     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.014.0301     Document Type: Article

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