Between-host phylogenetic distance and feeding efficiency in hematophagous ectoparasites: Rodent fleas and a bat host

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-371

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Korine, Carmi ^a,b   Burdelova, Nadezhda V ^b   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ECTOPARASITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLEA; HOST; MALE; MERIONES CRASSUS; NONHUMAN; PARAPULEX CHEPHARENIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CHIROPTERA; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEAS; GERBILLINAE; MURINAE;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; HYSTRICHOPSYLLIDAE; MERIONES CRASSUS; PARAPULEX CHEPHRENIS; RODENTIA; ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA CONFORMIS; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 34250894603     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0480-4     Document Type: Article

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