Host specificity of chewing lice on pocket gophers: A potential mechanism for cospeciation

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 655-660

  Reed, David L ^a   Hafner, Mark S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chewing lice; Cospeciation; Geomyidae; Host specificity; Pocket gophers; Trichodectidae

Indexed keywords

INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL; RODENT;

GEOMYIDAE; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PHTHIRAPTERA; RODENTIA; TRICHODECTIDAE;

EID: 0031543848     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382916     Document Type: Review

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