Additional records of fleas (siphonaptera) on wild rodents in the southern part of Israel

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-340

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Hastriter, Michael W ^b   Medvedev, Sergei G ^c   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Vatschenok, Valentin S ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEA; HOST PREFERENCE; RODENT; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ISRAEL;

COPTOPSYLLA AFRICANA; GERBILLUS GERBILLUS; GERBILLUS HENLEYI; MUS MUSCULUS; NOSOPSYLLUS IRANUS; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 0033384219     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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