The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

• Main Authors: Horak, Ivan G. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Heyne, Heloise (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Williams, Roy (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Gallivan, G. James (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Spickett, Arthur M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bezuidenhout, J. Dürr (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Estrada-Peña, Agustín (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Entomology.; Parasitology.; Climate change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

This is a comprehensive work summarizing the current state of knowledge of the biology of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Maputo Province, Mozambique). It provides an overview of the history of tick research in Southern Afr...