The relationship between engorged female weight and egg number in ixodid ticks: A biological interpretation of linear regression parameters

Acarologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-17

  Uspensky, Igor ^a   Ioffe Uspensky, Inna ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Egg number; Engorged female weight; Ixodidae; Linear regression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033264548     PISSN: 0044586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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