Arthropod and helminth parasites from the Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys bursarius bursarius from the hosts' northern boundary range in Minnesota

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-156

  Bartel, Monroe H ^a   Gardner, Scott L ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PARASITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CESTODE; FLEA; HELMINTH; HYMENOLEPIS; LOUSE; MONILIFORMIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; RODENT; TICK; TRICHUROIDEA;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANDRYA; ANDRYA MACROCEPHALA; ANOPLOCEPHALOIDES INFREQUENS; ANOPLOCEPHALOIDES VARIABILIS; ARTHROPODA; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA AMERICANA; CESTODA; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FOXELLA; FOXELLA IGNOTA; GEOMYDOECUS GEOMYDIS; GEOMYIDAE; GEOMYS; GEOMYS BURSARIUS; GEOMYS BURSARIUS BURSARIUS; HYMENOLEPIS WELDENSIS; MAMMALIA; MONILIFORMIS; MONILIFORMIS CLARKI; NEMATODA; OPISOCROSTIS; OPISOCROSTIS BRUNERI; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHYSALOPTERA; PHYSALOPTERA LIMBATA; RANSOMUS; RANSOMUS RODENTORUM; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TRICHOCEPHALIDA; VERMES;

EID: 0033998494     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0153:aahpft]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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