Parasitic arthropods of small mammals in Mississippi

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1039-1048

  Clark, Kerry L ^a   Durden, Lance A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bots; Ectoparasites; Fleas; Lice; Mammals; Mississippi; Mites; Rodents; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ECTOPARASITE; MAMMAL; PARASITE;

UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANOPLURA; ARTHROPODA; CRICETINAE; CUTEREBRA; CUTEREBRA AMERICANA; CUTEREBRINAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HOPLOPLEURA; HOPLOPLEURA HIRSUTA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; MESOSTIGMATA; ORCHOPEAS; PEROMYSCOPSYLLA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS GOSSYPINUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0036861304     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<1039:PAOSMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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