Programmed versus stimulus-driven antiparasitic grooming in a desert rodent

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 929-935

  Hawlena, Hadas ^a,b,c   Bashary, Dikla ^a,b   Abramsky, Zvika ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size principle; Ectoparasites; Programmed grooming; Stimulus driven grooming; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; DESERT; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; GROOMING; JUVENILE; RODENT;

RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 51749096460     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn046     Document Type: Article

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