Rodent-flea-plague relationships at the higher elevations of San Diego County, California

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 236-247

  Lang, James D ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental Health   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fleas; Ground squirrels; Plague

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FLEA; INFESTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PEST CONTROL; SCIURIDAE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; PEST CONTROL; SCIURIDAE; TREES;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI;

EID: 14744304022     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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