Cimex pipistrelli (Heteroptera, Cimicidae) and the dispersal propensity of bats: An experimental study

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Bartonička, Tomáš ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CIMEX PIPISTRELLI; CIMICIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROOMING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CIMEX; CIMEX PILOSELLUS; CIMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 55949085427     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1175-1     Document Type: Article

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