Reduced Abundance of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and the Tick Parasitoid Ixodiphagus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with Reduction of White-Tailed Deer

The principal vector for the pathogens of Lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, and human babesiosis is the tick Ixodes scapularis Say. A chalcid wasp, Ixodiphagus hookeri, in the family Encyrtidae parasitizes populations of the tick on several islands or other geographically isolated sites...

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Published in:	Journal of medical entomology Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 642 - 652
Main Authors:	Stafford, Kirby C., Denicola, Anthony J., Kilpatrick, Howard J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, MD Entomological Society of America 01-09-2003
Subjects:	Animals Biological and medical sciences Connecticut deer Deer - parasitology deer reduction Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Geography host density host-parasite relationships Ixodes - growth & development Ixodes - pathogenicity Ixodes scapularis Ixodiphagus hookeri Larva Medically important nuisances and vectors, pests of stored products and materials: population survey and control Odocoileus virginianus parasitism parasitoid parasitoids POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY population density Population Growth population size temporal variation threshold density tick Tick Infestations - epidemiology Tick Infestations - veterinary ticks Vectors. Intermediate hosts Wasps - parasitology Connecticut United States North America America Host parasite relation deer reduction Prevalence Insecta Ixodes scapularis Acari Chalcidoidea Ixodiphagus hookeri Vector Ixodidae Ungulata Odocoileus virginianus Parasitiformes tick Multiyear variation Population decline Interannual variation Arachnida Vertebrata Mammalia Parasitoid Encyrtidae Ixodida Arthropoda Animal Cervidae Population dynamics Parasitism Artiodactyla Hymenoptera Invertebrata Population density
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