Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... changes in body water balance to abandon this behavior and seek more sheltered , humid microenvironments . Often , periods of questing behavior alternate with periods of rehydration . In some species , questing behavior exhibits a diel ...
... changes in body water balance to abandon this behavior and seek more sheltered , humid microenvironments . Often , periods of questing behavior alternate with periods of rehydration . In some species , questing behavior exhibits a diel ...
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... changes in their environ- ment . In turn , this physiological adaptation enables them to optimize these activities with periods of maximum food availability and favorable climatic conditions . Diapause is common in both the Ixodidae ...
... changes in their environ- ment . In turn , this physiological adaptation enables them to optimize these activities with periods of maximum food availability and favorable climatic conditions . Diapause is common in both the Ixodidae ...
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... changes in host abundance , host species , weather , habitat and many other variables on population parameters such as relative abundance , growth rate , or generation time . Weekly or monthly changes in abiotic factors , hosts or other ...
... changes in host abundance , host species , weather , habitat and many other variables on population parameters such as relative abundance , growth rate , or generation time . Weekly or monthly changes in abiotic factors , hosts or other ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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abundance acaricide adult ticks Africa Amblyomma americanum andersoni animals antibodies antigens appendiculatus areas Argas argasid attack Babesia babesiosis birds Borrelia Burgdorfer burgdorferi burrows cattle clinical cycle deer Dermacentor develop diagnosis diapause dogs Ecology engorged enzootic Epidemiology erythrocytes females Figure forest genus habitat heartwater host cell host-seeking humidity immune important incubation isolated Ixodes dammini ixodid laboratory larvae livestock Lyme borreliosis Lyme disease mammals membrane merozoites midgut molting nests nidicolous Norval numbers nymphal nymphs occur organisms Ornithodoros oviposition paralysis parasites pathogen period permission proteins questing rabbits region relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus ricinus rickettsiae RMSF rodents salivary glands schizonts seasonal activity sheep small mammals Sonenshine southern Spielman spirochetes sporozoites spotted fever stages survival symptoms temperature Theileria tick control tick feeding tick paralysis tick population tick species tick vectors tick-borne tick-borne diseases tissues transmission transmitted transovarial transstadial treatment tularemia unfed vaccine variabilis vector tick vegetation vertebrate virus viruses white-footed mice wild