Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... Questing ticks are highly responsive to host stimuli , especially CO2 , NH3 , and body heat . The questing period may vary within the zoogeographic range of the species . Moreover , different life stages may quest at different periods ...
... Questing ticks are highly responsive to host stimuli , especially CO2 , NH3 , and body heat . The questing period may vary within the zoogeographic range of the species . Moreover , different life stages may quest at different periods ...
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... questing immediately and constitute the great majority of ticks found on small mammal hosts . Few wild larvae or nymphs occur on hosts . 1968. Following the winter period , wild larvae and tagged larvae emerge simultaneously and ...
... questing immediately and constitute the great majority of ticks found on small mammal hosts . Few wild larvae or nymphs occur on hosts . 1968. Following the winter period , wild larvae and tagged larvae emerge simultaneously and ...
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... questing behavior , by the height in the vegetation at which ticks ( passive or ambush ticks ) quest and by tick responses to host stimuli . These factors are discussed below . Diel Questing Little is known concerning the length of time ...
... questing behavior , by the height in the vegetation at which ticks ( passive or ambush ticks ) quest and by tick responses to host stimuli . These factors are discussed below . Diel Questing Little is known concerning the length of time ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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