Introduction of the rabbit flea, Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale), to a subantarctic island (Kerguelen Archipelago) and its assessment as a vector of myxomatosis

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-101

  Chekchak, T ^a   Chapuis, J L ^a   Pisanu, B ^a   Bousses P ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELAN ISLANDS;

LEPTOPSYLLIDAE; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPILOPSYLLUS; SPILOPSYLLUS CUNICULI;

EID: 0033982456     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR99003     Document Type: Article

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