The biting midge of the West Highlands: Fifty years of research

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 143-146

  Stuart, A E ^a   Evans, A ^b   Brooks, C ^c   Simpson, M J A ^a   Cloughley, J B ^a   MacIntosh, D F ^a   Stuart, C L E ^a   Blackwell, A ^d   Kettle, D S ^e  

^a Scottish Agric College Edinburgh ^*

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; INSECT BITE; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029810204     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693309604100505     Document Type: Short Survey

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