Abundance patterns and coexistence processes in communities of fleas parasitic on small mammals

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-464

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

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLEA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 23144444659     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2005.04182.x     Document Type: Article

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