Ectoparasites in an urban population of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in Colorado

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 518-530

  Pearce, Roger D ^a   O'Shea, T J ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECTOPARASITE; MITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAT; BUILDING; CIMEX; DEMODEX; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; HUMIDITY; INFESTATION; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREVALENCE; SUMMER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; ARTHROPODS; CHIROPTERA; CIMICIDAE; COLORADO; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MITES; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; TROMBICULIDAE; URBAN POPULATION;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; BASILIA FORCIPATA; CARIOS; CAUDATA; CIMEX; CIMEX PILOSELLUS; DEMODEX; DEMODICIDAE; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LEPTOTROMBIDIUM MYOTIS; MACRONYSSIDAE; MYOBIIDAE; MYODOPSYLLA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPINTURNIX;

EID: 34447132861     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-973R.1     Document Type: Article

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