Host-odour recognition in two tick species is coded in a blend of vertebrate volatiles

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-67

  Osterkamp, J ^a   Wahl, U ^a   Schmalfuss, G ^a   Haas, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; Host finding; Ixodes ricinus; Questing behaviour; Tick

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COGNITION; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; STIMULATION; TICK; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IXODES; LARVA; LIPIDS; ODORS; SKIN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TICKS; VERTEBRATES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; INSECTA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033166047     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050366     Document Type: Article

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