Age-dependent flea (siphonaptera) parasitism in rodents: A host's life history matters

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Stanko, Michal ^a,b   Morand, Serge ^a,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; RODENT;

AGE; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; APODEMUS URALENSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; LIFE HISTORY; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS SUBTERRANEUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RODENT; SIPHONAPTERA; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BODY SIZE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTIVORA; MALE; MURIDAE; MURINAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; APODEMUS AGRARIUS; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; APODEMUS URALENSIS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MICROTUS SUBTERRANEUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33646469004     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-637R1.1     Document Type: Article

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