Does the mode of transmission between hosts affect the host choice strategies of parasites? Implications from a field study on bat fly and wing mite infestation of Bechstein's bats

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-190

  Reckardt, Karsten ^a   Kerth, Gerald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; MITE; NUTRITION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ACARI; BASILIA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; SPINTURNIX BECHSTEINI; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 58849137929     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16950.x     Document Type: Article

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