ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI OF THE WINTER TICK IN MOOSE WALLOWS: A POSSIBLE BIO-CONTROL FOR ADULT MOOSE?
Soil fungi were cultured from 24 wallows and proximal control sites in Maine and New Hampshire, USA during the autumn moose (Alces alces) breeding season of 2016 to investigate the presence of soil fungi pathogenic to winter tick larvae (Dermacentor albipictus). Twenty genera of fungi were isolated,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Lakehead University
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Alces : A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose |
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| Online Access: | http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/239/266 |