Activity periods and questing behavior of the seabird tick Ixodes uriae (Acari: Ixodidae) on Gull Island, Newfoundland: The role of puffin chicks

Agriculture & Biology

• Ixodes uriae 100%
• Alcidae 82%
• Newfoundland and Labrador 80%
• Ixodidae 67%
• seabirds 66%
• Laridae 65%
• Acari 55%
• ticks 54%
• chicks 46%
• nymphs 20%
• Larus argentatus 14%
• Fratercula 8%
• Arctica (Arcticidae) 7%
• feeding patterns 6%
• burrows 5%
• breeding sites 5%
• breeding season 4%
• seasonal variation 4%
• Canada 4%
• life history 4%
• ecology 3%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Acari 99%
• Ixodidae 94%
• Charadriiformes 93%
• Ixodes 81%
• Newfoundland and Labrador 81%
• Ticks 69%
• Islands 64%
• Nymph 33%
• Breeding 12%
• Life History Traits 8%
• Ecology 6%
• Feeding Behavior 5%
• Canada 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• tick 76%
• seabird 67%
• breeding season 6%
• burrow 6%
• breeding 5%
• life history 5%
• seasonal variation 4%
• ecology 4%