Climbing simulated vegetation to heights of ungulate hosts by larvae of Dermacentor albipictus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-120

  McPherson, Michelle ^a   Shostak, Allen W ^a   Samuel, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Behavior; Dermacentor albipictus; Host finding; Larvae; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000369733     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.1.114     Document Type: Article

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