Phenology of the tick, Ixodes ricinus, in its southern distribution range (central Spain)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 387-397

  Estrada Pena A ^a   Martinez, J M ^a   Sanchez Acedo, C ^a   Quilez, J ^a   Del Cacho, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Development rates; Ixodes ricinus; Spain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; OOCYTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; OVUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 11144267212     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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