Within-population variation in free-living adult and ectoparasitic larval trombiculid mites on collared lizards

Herpetologica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-199

  Curtis, Jennifer L ^a   Baird, Troy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of parasitism; Growth rate; Host parasite interactions; Lizard ectoparasites; Trombiculidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LARVA; LIZARD; MITE;

EDMOND; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; CROTAPHYTUS; SQUAMATA; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 47749110582     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/07-052.1     Document Type: Article

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