Host sex and ectoparasites choice: Preference for, and higher survival on female hosts

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 703-710

  Christe, Philippe ^a   Glaizot, Olivier ^b   Evanno, Guillaume ^a   Bruyndonckx, Nadia ^a   Devevey, Godefroy ^a   Yannic, Glenn ^a   Patthey, Patrick ^c   Maeder, Arnaud ^a   Vogel, Peter ^a   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Musee Cantonal de Zoologie   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bats; Mites; Parasite survival; Sex biased parasitism; Spinturnix

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BAT; ECTOPARASITE; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITISM; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS BLYTHII; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; MYOTIS MYOTIS; SPINTURNIX;

EID: 34250742432     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01255.x     Document Type: Article

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