Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... white - footed mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi . After Donahue et al . ( 1987 ) , with permission from the ... tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) serve as the amplifier hosts for I. dammini ( Fig . 29.23 ) . Nevertheless , white ...
... white - footed mice infected with Borrelia burgdorferi . After Donahue et al . ( 1987 ) , with permission from the ... tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginianus ) serve as the amplifier hosts for I. dammini ( Fig . 29.23 ) . Nevertheless , white ...
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... White - tailed deer have become increasingly abundant in the eastern US in recent decades . Elimination of deer from a particular locality results in a rapid and drastic reduction of the I. dammini population ( Wilson et al . , 1988 ) ...
... White - tailed deer have become increasingly abundant in the eastern US in recent decades . Elimination of deer from a particular locality results in a rapid and drastic reduction of the I. dammini population ( Wilson et al . , 1988 ) ...
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... White - tailed deer ( O. virginianus ) are equally important in the spread of Lyme borreliosis in the US . Some workers believe that the deer tick is regaining its former range , which was lost as a result of the virtual eradication of ...
... White - tailed deer ( O. virginianus ) are equally important in the spread of Lyme borreliosis in the US . Some workers believe that the deer tick is regaining its former range , which was lost as a result of the virtual eradication of ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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