Larval interspecific competition in two flea species parasitic on the same rodent host

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-155

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a,b   Burdelova, Nadezhda V ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Shenbrot, Geogry I ^a   Degen, Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competition; Ectoparasites; Fleas; Larvae; Xenopsylla conformis; Xenopsylla ramesis

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; LARVA;

MERIONES CRASSUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA CONFORMIS; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 18144406562     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2005.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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