Resource predictability and host specificity in fleas: The effect of host body mass

Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-88

  Krasnov, B R ^a,e   Morand, S ^b   Mouillot, D ^c   Shenbrot, G I ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a   Poulin, R ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fleas; Host body size; Host specificity; Mammals; North America; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FLEA; GEOGRAPHY; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EVOLUTION; FLEAS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MAMMALS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33745089214     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006000059     Document Type: Article

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