Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 38
... species feed only on primitive Australian mammals , monotremes , and marsupials ; 37 of the 102 species of the genus Amblyomma feed on reptiles . Many of the species in these two genera are restricted to tortoises and lizards of the ...
... species feed only on primitive Australian mammals , monotremes , and marsupials ; 37 of the 102 species of the genus Amblyomma feed on reptiles . Many of the species in these two genera are restricted to tortoises and lizards of the ...
Page 77
... ( species not given ) . In ( former ) Soviet Georgia , the burrow - inhabiting O. verrucosus feeds on tortoises ... species are endophiles , inhabiting burrows , caves , nests , and other sheltered microenvironments in arid or semiarid ...
... ( species not given ) . In ( former ) Soviet Georgia , the burrow - inhabiting O. verrucosus feeds on tortoises ... species are endophiles , inhabiting burrows , caves , nests , and other sheltered microenvironments in arid or semiarid ...
Page 307
... species , a large number of Borrelia species have been incriminated in the causation of tick - borne relapsing fever . Each appears to be specific for its tick vector and , thus far , are known only in species of the family Argasidae ...
... species , a large number of Borrelia species have been incriminated in the causation of tick - borne relapsing fever . Each appears to be specific for its tick vector and , thus far , are known only in species of the family Argasidae ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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