Sampling fleas: The reliability of host infestation data

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-240

  Krasnov, B R ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a   Shenbrot, G I ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fleas; Host body; Host burrow; Rodents; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; FLEA; POPULATION SIZE; RODENT; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLEA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS CALIFORNICUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 4644244449     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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