Sex-biased parasitism, seasonality and sexual size dimorphism in desert rodents

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-217

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Morand, Serge ^b   Hawlena, Hadas ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Fleas; Rodents; Sex biased parasitism

Indexed keywords

FLEA; PARASITISM; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FLEA; GERBIL; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MURINAE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FLEAS; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MURINAE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; GERBILLUS NANUS; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; MERIONES CRASSUS; RODENTIA; SEKEETAMYS CALURUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 27544506028     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0189-y     Document Type: Article

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