title: Diurnal host seeking of adult Pacific Coast ticks, Dermacentor occidentalis (Acari: Ixodidae), in relation to vegetational type, meteorological factors, and rickettsial infection rates in California, USA.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002140:California; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006813:Humidity; D008297:Male; D010944:Plants; D006109:Poaceae; D012281:Rickettsia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012284:Rickettsia rickettsii / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013696:Temperature; D013987:Ticks / Q000502:physiology*