Host-habitat relations as an important determinant of spatial distribution of flea assemblages (Siphonaptera) on rodents in the Negev Desert

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-173

  Krasnov, B R ^a,c   Shenbrot, G I ^a   Medvedev, S G ^b   Vatschenok, V S ^b   Khokhlova, I S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

ectoparasite; fleas; host habitat relation; rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FLEA; HABITAT; INFESTATION; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ISRAEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031057044     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008347     Document Type: Article

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