Mammal density and patterns of ectoparasite species richness and abundance

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 289-295

  Stanko, Michal ^b   Miklisová, Dana ^b   De Bellocq, Joëlle Goüy ^a   Morand, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Comparative analyses; Fleas; Host density; Small mammals; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0036938220     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0889-5     Document Type: Article

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