Fleas associated with the northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) in Elbert County, Colorado

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-214

  Pigage, Helen K ^a   Pigage, Jon C ^b   Tillman, James F ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flea abundance; Foxella ignota; Hystrichopsylla dippiei; Northern pocket gopher; Oropsylla idahoensis; Siphonaptera; Spicata rara

Indexed keywords

FOXELLA; FOXELLA IGNOTA; GEOMYIDAE; HYSTRICHOPSYLLA; OPISOCROSTIS; OROPSYLLA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); THOMOMYS TALPOIDES;

EID: 18444377415     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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