Relationships between parasite abundance and the taxonomic distance among a parasite's host species: An example with fleas parasitic on small mammals

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1289-1297

  Krasnov, B R ^a   Shenbrot, G I ^a   Khokhlova, I S ^a   Poulin, R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auxiliary host; Fleas; Mammals; Phylogeny; Principal host

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLEA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES; TAXONOMIC RANK;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MAMMALS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY;

MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 6044278239     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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