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Oecologia

Title:		The influence of similar aggregation pheromones on the microhabitat choice of two parapatric species of reptile tick (Acari: Ixodidae)
Author(s):		Petney TN; Andrews RH;
Address:		"School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, 5042, Bedford Park, South Australia"
Journal Title:		Oecologia
Year:		1982
Volume:		55
Issue:		3
Page Number:		364 - 368
DOI:		10.1007/BF00376924
ISSN/ISBN:		1432-1939 (Electronic) 0029-8549 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Non-specificity of part of the sex pheromone system of three species of reptile tick has previously been suggested to result in reproductive interference between the species when they attach to the same host (Andrews et al. 1982). Two of the species, Aponomma hydrosauri and Amblyomma limbatum, have common aggregation pheromones which act when the ticks are detached from their hosts. As each species tends to occupy spatially separated microhabitats, the similarity of the aggregation pheromone could lead to interference between species when off their hosts by inducing one species to move away from its preferred microhabitat into that occupied by the other species. This study demonstrates that coaggregations of both species do occur, but that neither species shows a statistically significant shift in microhabitat preference attributable to interactions between species. We suggest that the behaviours leading to microhabitat choice in each species override the influence of the common aggregation pheromone"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEPetney, T N Andrews, R H eng Germany 1982/12/01 Oecologia. 1982 Dec; 55(3):364-368. doi: 10.1007/BF00376924"