Age-biased parasitism and density-dependent distribution of fleas (Siphonaptera) on a desert rodent

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-208

  Hawlena, H ^a   Abramsky, Z ^a   Krasnov, B R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distribution among host individuals; Ectoparasites; Interspecific interactions between parasites

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FLEA; HOST PREFERENCE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITISM; RODENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLEA; GERBIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TICK;

AGING; ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLEAS; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TICKS;

ACARI; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS ANDERSONI; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SYNOSTERNUS CLEOPATRAE;

EID: 27544467440     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0187-0     Document Type: Article

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