Effects of water stress and relative humidity on ventilation in the tick Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 599-617

  Fielden, Laura J ^a,b   Lighton, John R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0008691720     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.3.30164218     Document Type: Article

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