Paper 15. Alan Campbell. 1979. Ecology of the American dog tick,
Dermacentor variabilis in southwestern Nova Scotia. Pages 135-143.
In: J. G. Rodriguez (editor). Recent Advances in Acarology Volume
II. Proceedings of the V International Congress of Acarology,
August 6-12 at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,
New York: Academic Press, 569 pages.
Keywords: medical acarology, the study area and general sampling
procedures, tick life cycle and season dynamics, host utilization,
voles, mice, levels and patterns of tick infestations of small
animals, tick-host-vegetation association. An overview is given of
some of the results of a 4-year study on the vegetation, seasonal
activity and host relationships of D. variabilis populations
monitored in Nova Scotia, Canada.
