Responses of the tick, Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae), to carbon dioxide

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 667-681

  Anderson, Robert B ^a   Scrimgeour, Garry J ^a,b   Kaufman, W Reuben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Conor Pacific ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural responses; Carbon dioxide; Host seeking; Ixodid ticks; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0031767689     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006006721358     Document Type: Article

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