Habitat variation in species composition of flea assemblages on small mammals in central Europe

Ecological Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 460-469

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Stanko, Michal ^b   Miklisova, Dana ^b   Morand, Serge ^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

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLEA; HABITAT TYPE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33746455078     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0142-x     Document Type: Article

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