Water balance in two species of desert fleas, Xenopsylla ramesis and X. Conformis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 875-881

  Fielden, Laura J ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b   Still, Kelly M ^c   Khokhlova, Irina S ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert; Fleas; Water balance; Xenopsylla

Indexed keywords

MERIONES; MERIONES CRASSUS; PULICIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; ISRAEL; LIFE CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; FLEAS; HUMIDITY; ISRAEL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0036834065     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.6.875     Document Type: Article

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