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The age structure of the natural populations of adult Ixodes persulcatus ticks in St. Petersburg and its environs was assessed on the basis of fat reserves in tick midgut and fat body.
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Original Russian Text © L.A. Grigoryeva, E.M. Bychkova, G.A. Lunina, 2013, published in Parazitologiya, 2013, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 417–421.
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Grigoryeva, L.A., Bychkova, E.M. & Lunina, G.A. Changes in the age structure of populations of ixodid ticks (Ixodes persulcatus: Ixodinae) in the territory of St. Petersburg and its environs. Entmol. Rev. 94, 422–425 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873814030129
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