Are ectoparasite communities structured? Species co-occurrence, temporal variation and null models

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1330-1339

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

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

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

Author keywords

Aggregation; Community; Fleas; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOVAKIA; TIME;

ANIMALS; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIPHONAPTERA; SLOVAKIA; TIME FACTORS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33749683719     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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