Production and survival of eggs of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Canestrini) (Acarina: Ixodidae) in the wet and dry tropics of north Queensland

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 340-347

  Sutherst, Robert W ^a   Bourne, Anne S ^a   Sutherland, Ian D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boophilus microplus; Climate; Development; Eggs; Fecundity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0038936547     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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