Collection of free-living nymphs and adults of Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae) with pheromone/carbon dioxide traps at 5 different ecological sites in heartwater endemic regions of South Africa

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 971-982

  Bryson, N R ^a   Horak, I G ^a   Venter, E H ^a   Yunker, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma hebraeum; Field collection; Heartwater; Pheromone traps; Ticks

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PHEROMONE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISEASE VECTOR; PHEROMONE TRAP; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEARTWATER DISEASE; NYMPH; PHEROMONES; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK CONTROL; TICKS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INSECTA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0034447841     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010639113793     Document Type: Article

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