Water loss and metabolic water in starving Argas reflexus nymphs (Acari: Argasidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-63

  Dautel, H ^a  

^a AG Angew Zool/Okologie Tiere F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argas reflexus; Metabolic water; Tick; Water balance; Water loss; Water vapour absorption

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; HYDRATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TICK; WATER LOSS; WATER VAPOR;

ARGAS REFLEXUS;

EID: 0032950717     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00099-7     Document Type: Article

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