Bat fly species richness in Neotropical bats: Correlations with host ecology and host brain

Oecologia

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-116

  Bordes, Frédéric ^a   Morand, Serge ^a   Ricardo, Guerrero ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Body size; Group size; Parasite species richness; Roosting ecology; Tropical bats

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BRAIN; FLY; GROUP SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ROOSTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; DIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ORGAN SIZE;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

DIPTERA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREBLIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 53549112458     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1115-x     Document Type: Article

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