Are there general rules governing parasite diversity? Small mammalian hosts and gamasid mite assemblages

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Korallo, Natalia P ^a   Vinarski, Maxim V ^b   Krasnov, Boris R ^c,d   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^c,d   Mouillot, David ^e   Poulin, Robert ^f  

^a Omsk Research Institute of Natural Foci Infections   (Russian Federation)

^b OMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Body mass; Diversity; Geographical range; Hosts; Parasites

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY MASS; ECTOPARASITE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST QUALITY; METABOLISM; MITE; PHYLOGENY; SMALL MAMMAL;

ACARI; DERMANYSSOIDEA; GAMASIDA; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 34247398664     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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