Effects of prior infestation on host choice of bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-436

  Dick, Carl W ^a,b   Dick, Sonya C ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Ectoparasites; Host choice; Streblidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHIROPTERA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE;

ARTHROPODA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; SEBA; STREBLIDAE; TRICHOBIUS JOBLINGI;

EID: 33750989093     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)043[0433:EOPIOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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