Host preferences of bat flies: Following the bloody path of stable isotopes in a host-parasite food chain

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 397-403

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Kelm, Detlev H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

D. ROTUNDUS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MONOXENOUS PARASITES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BAT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; GERVAIS; MAMMALIA; STREBLA; STREBLIDAE; TRICHOBIUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 33744953836     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z06-007     Document Type: Article

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