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Development and biological characteristics of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) under field conditions

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The development and biological characteristics of Haemaphysalis longicornis were investigated under field conditions in **.

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This project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30970406) and Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province, China (C2007000266).

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    Hongyuan Zheng, Zhijun Yu, Ze Chen, Lifeng Zhou & **gze Liu

  2. **aowutai National Natural Reservation, 075700, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China

    Bin Zheng & Hui Ma

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Zheng, H., Yu, Z., Chen, Z. et al. Development and biological characteristics of Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) under field conditions. Exp Appl Acarol 53, 377–388 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-010-9415-3

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