Winter survival and spring breeding by the fall tick, Ixodes dammini, in Massachusetts (Acarina: Ixodidae)
1984 - Volume: 25 Issue: 3 pages: 223-229
Keywords
Overwintering
ticks
Ixodides
Abstract
In Massachusetts, the Ixodes dammini fall breeding period is ineffective because of the limited survival of engorged females. Adult overwinter survival allows a spring breeding period to maintain the population.
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