Adverse moisture events predict seasonal abundance of Lyme disease vector ticks (Ixodes scapularis)

Parasites & Vectors

Table 1 June TAMEs reduce seasonal abundance values of nymphal Ixodes scapularis

Relative seasonal abundance values of nymphal Ixodes scapularis determined in 37 continuously drag-sampled study sites distributed across Rhode Island and total TAMEs (>8 h) recorded by Rhode Island NOAA stations in June of the same year (1997–2010).

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