Geographic variation in diapause response of adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-221

  Madder, Maxime ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^a   Brandt, Jef ^a   Tirry, Luc ^b   Hodek, Ivo ^c   Berkvens, Dirk ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diapause; Life cycle; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Rhipicephalus zambeziensis; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOPERIOD; TICK;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TICK;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOPERIOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ZAMBEZIENSIS;

EID: 0036970668     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021694207456     Document Type: Article

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