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  • Cold-hardiness in the Antarctic tick, Ixodes uriae. 

    Lee, Richard E.; Baust, John G.
    Ixodes uriae White (Ixodidae, Acarina) is the predominant tick on the Antarctic peninsula.This species has a circumpolar distribution in both hemispheres and is associated with or known to parasitize 48 species of seabirds. ...
  • Low temperature acclimation in the desert spider, Agelenopsis aperta. 

    Lee, Richard E.; Baust, John G.
    Agelenopsis aperta (Gertsch) inhabits desert grasslands and lava beds in the southwestern U.S.A. The capacity of this species to cold-harden was assessed by exposing second generation laboratory- reared specimens to an ...