Biology of Ticks, Volume 2This is the second of a two-volume work on the biology, morphology, ecology, disease relationships, and control of ticks. Volume 2 explores survival strategies of non-nidicolous ticks (those dispersed throughout the open landscape and attacking passing hosts) versus nidicolous ticks (those surviving in caves, burrows, nests, or man-made shelters). It also examines immunological responses to tick parasitism, the role of ticks in disease transmission, and the control of ticks through acaricides and recent innovative approaches using knowledge of tick and host ecology, tick pheromones, hormones, and modelling. An appendix is also included, with details on methods for collecting ticks in the natural environment, preparing ticks for study, and laboratory rearing. This book is a worthy complement to the first volume's outstanding achievement, and will be of interest to entomologists, physicians, veterinarians, and public health officers. |
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Attached , engorging females are easily recognized by predatory birds while the
large but defenseless replete females are ... One of the best - known examples of
bird predation is the so - called “ tick bird ” , better known as the cattle egret ...
Attached , engorging females are easily recognized by predatory birds while the
large but defenseless replete females are ... One of the best - known examples of
bird predation is the so - called “ tick bird ” , better known as the cattle egret ...
Page 76
Thus , all members of the subgenera Argas and Persicargas , representing more
than 30 species , parasitize birds . Subgenus Argas species parasitize birds that
build arboreal nests ; Persicargas species live in harborages in rocky ledges ...
Thus , all members of the subgenera Argas and Persicargas , representing more
than 30 species , parasitize birds . Subgenus Argas species parasitize birds that
build arboreal nests ; Persicargas species live in harborages in rocky ledges ...
Page 85
Photograph credit to Dr Cluff Hopla , University of Oklahoma , Norman ,
Oklahoma , USA . many of these juvenile birds appear to be in obvious distress (
Figs 24 . 10 , 24 . 11 ) . On occasion , young hatchlings of the eastern phoebe (
Sayornis ...
Photograph credit to Dr Cluff Hopla , University of Oklahoma , Norman ,
Oklahoma , USA . many of these juvenile birds appear to be in obvious distress (
Figs 24 . 10 , 24 . 11 ) . On occasion , young hatchlings of the eastern phoebe (
Sayornis ...
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Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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| Title | Biology of Ticks, Volume 2 Biology of Ticks, Daniel E. Sonenshine |
| Author | Daniel E. Sonenshine |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2010 |
| ISBN | 0195084314, 9780195084313 |
| Length | 488 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Life Sciences / Biology |
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