The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Horak, Ivan G. (Συγγραφέας, 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)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. History
• 3. Sources of Information and Methods
• 4. The Genus Amblyomma
• 5. The Genus Haemaphysalis
• 6. The Genus Hyalomma
• 7. The Genus Ixodes
• 8.The Genus Rhipicephalus
• 9. Ticks belonging to other Genera
• 10. Hosts and Host and Vegetation Tick Lists
• 11. Tick-Borne Diseases.