Ecology of Amblyomma neumanni (Acari: Ixodidae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-236

  Nava, Santiago ^a   Estrada Peña, Agustín ^b   Mangold, Atilio J ^a   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amblyomma neumanni; Distribution; Genetic variation; Life cycle; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

CATTLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIAPAUSE; DISEASE VECTOR; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONALITY; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA NEUMANNI; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TICK; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LIGHT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA NEUMANNI; BOS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 67650573172     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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