Bodies of liquid water as a source of water gain for Ixodes ricinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 731-746

  Kahl, Olaf ^a   Alidousti, Isabel ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active water vapour absorption; Ixodes ricinus; Liquid water; Ticks; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; REHYDRATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER LOSS; WATER VAPOUR;

ACARI; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0031439181     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018469021161     Document Type: Article

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