Host defence versus intraspecific competition in the regulation of infrapopulations of the flea Xenopsylla conformis on its rodent host Meriones crassus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 919-925

  Hawlena, Hadas ^a,b   Abramsky, Zvika ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^a,b   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competition; Ectoparasites; Feeding success; Grooming; Host parasite coexistence; Meriones crassus; Regulation mechanisms; Xenopsylla conformis

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ECTOPARASITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEA; GROOMING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECTOPARASITE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLEA; GROOMING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; RODENT;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FLEAS; GERBILLINAE; GROOMING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

MERIONES CRASSUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA CONFORMIS;

EID: 34249949080     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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