Natural attachment duration of adult female ticks Ixodes uriae (Acari: Ixodidae) on free-living adult black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 765-769

  Finney, S K ^a   Wanless, S ^a   Elston, D A ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment duration; Ectoparasite; Ixodes uriae; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

IXODES URIAE; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0032825796     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006249309647     Document Type: Article

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