Locomotor response to light and surface angle in three species of desert fleas

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 973-982

  Burdelov, Sergey A ^a,b   Leiderman, Mariela ^a,b   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^a,b   Degen, A Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; FLEA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAPULEX CHEPHRENIS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; XENOPSYLLA CONFORMIS; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLEAS; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

PARAPULEX CHEPHRENIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA CONFORMIS; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 33847639278     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0383-9     Document Type: Article

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