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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... 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 perch near the tips of meadow grasses ranged from one to 19 during the seasonal activity period . In effect , the unfed tick spends only a minor part of its life in the questing environment . The extent to which this pattern of ...
... questing perch near the tips of meadow grasses ranged from one to 19 during the seasonal activity period . In effect , the unfed tick spends only a minor part of its life in the questing environment . The extent to which this pattern of ...
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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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