Ectoparasitism by eutrombicula alfreddugesi larvae (acari: Trombiculidae) on liolaemus tenuis lizard in a chilean fragmented temperate forest

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 244-245

  Rubio, André V ^a   Simonetti, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ECTOPARASITE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MICROCLIMATE; MITE; PARASITOID; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROMBICULA ALFREDDUGESI; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; INFESTATION; LARVA; LIOLAEMUS TENUIS; LIZARD; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TROMBICULIDAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ACARI; EUTROMBICULA ALFREDDUGESI; LIOLAEMUS TENUIS; SQUAMATA; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; LIZARDS; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE; TREES; TROMBICULIASIS; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 64549122338     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1463.1     Document Type: Article

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