Foxes, fleas, and plague in New Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 720-722

  Harrison, Robert L ^a   Patrick, Michael J ^b   Schmitt, C Gregory ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NM Department of Game and Fish   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; MACROTIS; PULEX IRRITANS; PULEX SIMULANS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS; VULPES VELOX; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 1642457232     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0720:FFAPIN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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