Pathogens and predators of ticks and their potential in biological control

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue , 1999, Pages 159-182

  Samish, M ^a   Rehacek, J ^b  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Acarology; Entomopathogenic microorganisms; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Ixodidae; Oxpecker

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; PATHOGENESIS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI; ARANEAE; AVES; BEAUVERIA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HETERORHABDITIDAE; IXODIDAE; METARHIZIUM; NEMATODA; RODENTIA; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 0033015868     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.159     Document Type: Review

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