Biocontrol of ticks

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 916, Issue , 2000, Pages 172-178

  Samish, Michael ^a,b  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b The Veterinary Institute   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FUNGUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; TICK; WASP;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; AVES; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0034534712     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05287.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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