Bat flies: Obligate ectoparasites of bats

Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 179-194

  Dick, Carl W ^a   Patterson, Bruce D ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-36025-4_11     Document Type: Chapter

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