The dynamics of questing ticks collected for 164 consecutive months off the vegetation of two landscape zones in the Kruger national park (1988-2002). Part I. total ticks, Amblyomma hebraeum and Rhipicephalus decoloratus

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-

  Horak, Ivan G ^a,d   Gallivan, Gordon J ^b   Spickett, Arthur M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute ^*  (Canada)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATIONAL PARK; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MALE; PARKS, RECREATIONAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHIPICEPHALUS; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84965112218     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: 22190635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v78i1.32     Document Type: Article

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