Questing height of nymphs of the bush tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, and its closely related species, H. mageshimaensis: Correlation with body size of the host

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 503-509

  Tsunoda, T ^a,c   Tatsuzawa, S ^b  

^a CHIBA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deer; Geographical variation; H. mageshimaensis; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Host seeking behaviour; Local adaptation; Questing height; Tick

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CERVUS NIPPON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMAPHYSALIS MAGESHIMAENSIS; HAEMOPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; JAPAN; LABORATORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; TUBE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; DEER; IXODIDAE; JAPAN; PLANTS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS NIPPON; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; HEXAPODA; IXODES PILOSUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 2542420149     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004004913     Document Type: Article

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