Ectoparasitism of castor bean ticks Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) on sand lizards Lacerta agilis (Linnaeus, 1758) in western Poland
Background. Over 700 species of ticks are characterised by moderate to high host specificity, and a handful by very high host specificity, parasitizing upon a single host species. The rest are not host specific. One of them is the castor bean tick, which parasitizes all available terrestrial vertebr...
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Language: | English |
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Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка
2022-04-01
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Series: | Біологічні студії |
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Online Access: | http://publications.lnu.edu.ua/journals/index.php/biology/article/view/1325 |