Long-term patterns of botfly parasitism in Peromyscus maniculatus, P. leucopus, and Tamias striatus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Jaffe, Glory ^a   Zegers, David A ^a   Steele, Michael A ^b   Merritt, Joseph F ^c  

^a MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botfly; Cuterebra; Peromyscus leucopus; Peromyscus maniculatus; Prevalence; Residence time; Tamias striatus

Indexed keywords

PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; RESIDENCE TIME; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; CUTEREBRA; DIPTERA; OESTRIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 14044251533     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0039:LPOBPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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