Development rates of two Xenopsylla flea species in relation to air temperature and humidity

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-258

  Krasnov, B R ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a   Fielden, L J ^a,b   Burdelova, N V ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development rate; Eggs; Females; Israel; Jird; Larvae; Males; Meriones crassus; Negev; Pupae; Relative humidity; Temperature; X. ramesis; Xenopsylla conformis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FLEA; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; ISRAEL; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FLEAS; GERBILLINAE; HUMIDITY; ISRAEL; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034803092     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-283X.2001.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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