The reproductive success of the parasitic bat fly Basilia nana (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) is affected by the low roost fidelity of its host, the Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-243

  Reckardt, Karsten ^a   Kerth, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASILIA NANA; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; FLY; GENDER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFESPAN; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MYOTIS BECHSTEINII; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; PUPA; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; BASILIA; DIPTERA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; NYCTERIBIIDAE; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 32144459269     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0051-5     Document Type: Article

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