Larger ectoparasites of the Idaho ground squirrel (Spermophilus brunneus)

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-246

  Yensen, Eric ^a   Baird, Craig R ^b   Sherman, Paul W ^c  

^a Orma J Smith Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ectoparasites; ground squirrels; Idaho; Spermophilus brunneus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; IXODES; IXODES SCULPTUS; NEMATODA; NEOHAEMATOPINUS; NEOPSYLLA; OROPSYLLA; PHTHIRAPTERA; RHABDITIS; RHADINOPSYLLA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS BRUNNEUS; SPERMOPHILUS TOWNSENDI; THRASSIS;

EID: 0029765571     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.4112     Document Type: Article

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