Habitat Dependence of a Parasite-Host Relationship: Flea (Siphonaptera) Assemblages in Two Gerbil Species of the Negev Desert

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-313

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

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ectoparasite; Environmental variables; Flea; Gerbil; Habitat dependence

Indexed keywords

DASYURUS; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; MERIONES CRASSUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA CONFORMIS; XENOPSYLLA DIPODILLI; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; FLEA; GEOGRAPHY; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISRAEL; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; FLEAS; GEOGRAPHY; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ISRAEL; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032059862     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.3.303     Document Type: Article

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