Cold-Hardiness of a Laboratory Colony of Lone Star Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 706-710

  Needham, Glen R ^a   Jaworski, Deborah C ^a,b   Chen, Cheng Ping ^a,c   Lee Jr , Richard E ^a,d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Cold hardiness; Osmotic pressure; Supercooling point; Survival; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; FEMALE; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; COLD; FEMALE; MALE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; TICKS;

EID: 0030188019     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.706     Document Type: Article

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