Causal mechanisms underlying host specificity in bat ectoparasites

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 648-654

  Giorgi, Maud S ^a   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^b   Guillaume, Frédéric ^a   Nusslé, Sébastien ^a   Ossola, Carlo ^a   Vogel, Peter ^a   Christe, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive specialization hypothesis; Coevolution spinturnix; Host preference; Host parasite interactions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; COEVOLUTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MITES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; MYOTIS MYOTIS; SPINTURNICIDAE; SPINTURNIX; SPINTURNIX MYOTI;

EID: 1642346243     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1475-1     Document Type: Article

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