Seasonal and diel activity of Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) subpopulations in Denmark. Aspects of size, physiological age, and malate dehydrogenase genotype in a forest site without any undergrowth

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-303

  Jensen, P M ^a   Kaufmann, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diel variation; Host seeking behaviour; Ixodes ricinus; Population dynamics; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOST SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIZE EFFECT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ARTHROPODA; FAGUS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE;

MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENMARK; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; TREE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DENMARK; GENOTYPE; IXODES; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SELECTION BIAS; SUNLIGHT; TREES;

EID: 1442264138     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:APPA.0000006515.66461.32     Document Type: Article

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