Responses of the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius), to its aggregation-attachment pheromone presented in an air stream on a servosphere

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

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-103

  McMahon, C ^a   Guerin, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Behaviour; Pheromone; Servosphere; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; FABRICIUS;

EID: 0034077116     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003599900064     Document Type: Article

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