Diversification of ectoparasite assemblages and climate: An example with fleas parasitic on small mammals

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Diversification; Fleas; Host switching; Intrahost speciation; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 14844365446     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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