Developmental profiles in tick water balance with a focus on the new Rocky Mountain spotted fever vector, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-372

  Yoder, J A ^a   Benoit, J B ^a   Rellinger, E J ^a   Tank, J L ^a  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Development; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; U.S.A.; Water balance; Water vapour

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABSORPTION; ARID REGION; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE VECTOR; LIFE CYCLE; TICK; WATER STRESS; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; MALE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 33749335774     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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