Variation in ectoparasite load reflects life history traits in the lesser mouse-eared bat Myotis blythii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in western Iran

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 622-625

  Sharifi, Mozalar ^a   Mozafari, Fatema ^a   Taghinezhad, Najmeh ^a   Javanbakht, Hossain ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECTOPARASITE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MITE; PARASITE INTENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK;

ARTICLE; BAT; BODY MASS; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IRAN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MITE; MYOTIS BLYTHII; NONHUMAN; NYCTERIBIDAE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINTURNICIDAE; SPRING; SUMMER; TICK;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

ACARI; CHIROPTERA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MYOTIS BLYTHII; NYCTERIBIIDAE; SPINTURNICIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 47349113187     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1334R1.1     Document Type: Article

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