The life cycle of the tick Amblyomma loculosum in a sooty tern Sterna fuscata colony in the Seychelles

• Published in: Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Feare, Chris J., Gill, Elaine L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1997
• Subjects: Bird Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05738.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1997.tb05738.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05738.x; https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05738.x

An infestation of a sooty tern colony on Bird Island, Seychelles, with the ixodid tick Amblovomma loculosum was studied during visits to the colony in 1993 to 1995. During the infestation, adult ticks were numerous during the birds' incubation, larvae were abundant when young chicks were presen...