Notes on the responses of host-seeking nymphs and adults of the ticks Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) to canine, avian, and deer-produced substances

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-78

  Carroll, J F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacklegged ticks; Kairomones; Lone star tick

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; IXODES SCAPULARIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0036169916     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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