How do ectoparasitic nycteribiids locate their bat hosts?

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1205-1213

  Lourenco S I ^a   Palmeirim, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bat flies; Chiroptera; Ectoparasitism; Host location; Nycteribiidae; Sensory cues

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; NONHUMAN; NYCTERIBIID; ODOR; PENICILLIDIA CONSPICUA; PENICILLIDIA DUFOURII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOT TEMPERATURE; ODORS;

CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; NYCTERIBIIDAE; PENICILLIDIA; PENICILLIDIA CONSPICUA; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 51349149611     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200800468X     Document Type: Article

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