Use of California bay foliage by wood rats for possible fumigation of nest-borne ectoparasites

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 381-385

  Hemmes, Richard B ^a   Alvarado, Arlene ^b   Hart, Benjamin L ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiparasite behavior; Ectoparasites; Neotoma fuscipes, nest fumigation; Plant volatiles; Umbellularia californica; Wood rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; FOLIAGE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RODENT;

HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; QUERCUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); UMBELLULARIA; UMBELLULARIA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0036558754     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.3.381     Document Type: Article

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