Immunocompetence and flea parasitism of a desert rodent

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 637-646

  Gouy De Bellocq J ^a,b   Krasnov, B R ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a   Ghazaryan, L ^a   Pinshow, B ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Behavioural defence; Haematocrit; Immune response; Leucocyte concentration; PHA test

Indexed keywords

FLEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MERIONES; MERIONES CRASSUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 33745863127     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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