Short Note Increase in feeding by the tick, Ixodes uriae, on Adélie penguins during a prolonged summer

Ixodes uriae White is the only tick species found in Antarctica, and in our research area at Palmer Station it feeds predominantly on Adélie penguins. At the beginning of the summer the ticks leave their off-host aggregation

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joshua B. Benoit, Giancarlo Lopez-martinez, Michael A. Elnitsky, Richard E. Lee, David L. Denlinger
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Palmer Station
Palmer-Station
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.506.5082
http://www.units.muohio.edu/cryolab/publications/documents/BenoitLopezetal_2009.pdf
Description
Summary:Ixodes uriae White is the only tick species found in Antarctica, and in our research area at Palmer Station it feeds predominantly on Adélie penguins. At the beginning of the summer the ticks leave their off-host aggregation

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