The role of direct chilling injury and inoculative freezing in cold tolerance of Amblyomma americanum, Dermacentor variabilis and Ixodes scapularis

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 44-50

  Burks, Charles S ^a,c   Stewart Jr , Richard L ^b   Needham, Glen R ^b   Lee Jr , Richard E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Freezing injury; Hard tick; Ixodidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002324054     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00833.x     Document Type: Article

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