Is abundance a species attribute? An example with haematophagous ectoparasites

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-140

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a,b   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^a,b   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Poulin, Robert ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fleas; Intraspecific variation; Repeatability; Species attribute

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FLEA; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FLEAS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35348849241     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0498-9     Document Type: Article

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