Ticks on birds from Cerrado forest patches along the Uberabinha river in the Triângulo Mineiro region of Minas Gerais, Brazil

We herein describe ticks parasitizing birds in forest fragments along the Uberabinha River, a major watercourse that cuts through patches of remnants of Brazilian savannah in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Overall 352 birds from 62 species, overwhelmingly, Passeriformes, were captured with mist-n...

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Main Authors: Khelma Torga, Graziela Tolesano-Pascoli, Jacqueline Bonfim Vasquez, Eurípedes Luciano da Silva Júnior, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Maria Ogrzewalska, Matias Pablo Juan Szabó
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2013-10-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782013001000019&lng=en&tlng=en