Host sex and ectoparasite infections of plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae, Hodgson) on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-539

  Ci, Haixin ^a,b   Lin, Gonghua ^a,b   Su, Jianping ^a   Cao, Yifan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Ectoparasite infection; Plateau pika; Sex biased parasitism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HOME RANGE; LAGOMORPH; PARASITISM; PLATEAU; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

HYPODERMA; IXODES; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONIDAE; SATYRUS;

EID: 55949092573     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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