A generic population model for the African tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-279

  Randolph, S E ^a   Rogers, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Population models; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Seasonality; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; EGG PRODUCTION; KENYA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TICK; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BURUNDI; CLIMATE; DEATH; FEMALE; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICKS; UGANDA;

ACARI; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 0030803177     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001315     Document Type: Article

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