Ixodid ticks avoid contact with liquid water

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1877-1883

  Krober T ^a   Guerin, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Boophilus microplus; Contact chemoreception; Desiccation; Hygroreception; Ixodes ricinus; Tick; Water balance; Water reception

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; IXODES; LARVA; LIMB; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; IXODES; LARVA; PERCEPTION; WATER;

EID: 17944401296     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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