High host specificity of Crataerina melbae (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in a mixed colony of birds

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 198-200

  Tella, José L ^a   Gajón, Alvaro ^b   Gortázar, Christian ^b   Osácar, Juan J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DIPTERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APUS MELBA; AVES; CRATAERINA; CRATAERINA MELBAE; DIPTERA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0031952801     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284563     Document Type: Article

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