Publications

general review of tick species present in portugal.	at present, 24 species are known to occur in portugal: argas vespertilionis, ornithodoros maritimus and ornithodoros erraticus in argasidae; ixodes acuminatus, ixodes bivari, ixodes canisuga, ixodes frontalis, ixodes hexagonus, ixodes ricinus, ixodes simplex simplex, ixodes ventalloi, ixodes vespertilionis, dermacentor marginatus, dermacentor pictus', haemaphysalis hispanica, haemaphysalis inermis, haemaphysalis punctata, rhipicephalus bursa, rhipicephalus pusillus, rhipicephalus sanguineus, rhi ...	1999	11071535
which factors regulate the reproduction of ectoparasites of temperate-zone cave-dwelling bats?	we studied the factors which regulate the reproduction of ectoparasites of temperate-zone cave-dwelling bats, using the schreiber's bat (miniopterus schreibersii) and its ectoparasites as a model. for this, we searched 969 bats during 2003 and 2004 at important stages of the bat yearly cycle and found four ectoparasite species regularly occurring on them: two nycteribiids (nycteribia schmidlii and penicillidia conspicua), one wing mite (spinturnix psi), and one hard tick (ixodes simplex simplex) ...	2008	18779978