Microhabitat choice and its role in determining the distribution of the reptile tick Amblyomma vikirri

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Duffield, G A ^a   Bull, C M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Desiccation; Egernia; Lizards; Tiliqua

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444382020     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00607.x     Document Type: Article

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