Survival and Water-Balance Characteristics of Unfed Adult Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-73

  Strey, Otto F ^a   Teel, Pete D ^a   Longnecker, Michael T ^a   Needham, Glen R ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Survival; Water balance; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; IXODIDAE;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; FEMALE; MALE; TICK;

ANIMALS; COLD; FEMALE; MALE; TICKS; WATER;

EID: 0029678134     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.63     Document Type: Article

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