Failure by engorged stages of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, to react to assembly pheromone, guanine and uric acid

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-139

  Yoder, J A ^a   Ark, J T ^a   Farrell, A C ^a  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Assembly; Field clustering; Guanine; U.S.A.; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; PHEROMONE; URIC ACID;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE VECTOR; EXCRETION; MOVEMENT; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHEROMONE TRAP; SIGNAL; TICK; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUANINE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES; TICK CONTROL; URIC ACID;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AVES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 44349118495     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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