Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... peak . Adults are active more or less continuously from mid - March to mid - August in a pronounced bimodal pattern , the early period reflecting emergence of overwintering ticks , the later one reflecting activity of adults from ...
... peak . Adults are active more or less continuously from mid - March to mid - August in a pronounced bimodal pattern , the early period reflecting emergence of overwintering ticks , the later one reflecting activity of adults from ...
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... peak most commonly in September . The spring activity peak is almost always much greater than the late summer - fall activity peak ( perhaps because the declining photoperiod and rapidly cooling conditions lead to its early termination ) ...
... peak most commonly in September . The spring activity peak is almost always much greater than the late summer - fall activity peak ( perhaps because the declining photoperiod and rapidly cooling conditions lead to its early termination ) ...
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... peak in June and the larval peak in August , small secondary activity periods were also noted with both stages . As with the adults , these secondary periods of seasonal activity may indicate distinctly different cohorts , providing ...
... peak in June and the larval peak in August , small secondary activity periods were also noted with both stages . As with the adults , these secondary periods of seasonal activity may indicate distinctly different cohorts , providing ...
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 infection 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 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