Prospects of using tick parasitoids (insecta) for tick management in africa

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-219

  Mwangi, Esther N ^a   Kaaya, Godwin P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum (Fab.); I. theilerae (Fiedler); Ixodiphagus hookeri (Howard); Parasitoids; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Neumann); Tick

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928862257     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647959708683566     Document Type: Article

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