Host specificity in bat ectoparasites: A natural experiment

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 995-1002

  Seneviratne, Sampath S ^a,b   Fernando, H Chandrika ^c   Udagama Randeniya, Preethi V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c SRI LANKA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bat parasites; Cave roost; Chiroptera; Co evolution; Host specificity; Host parasite associations; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BAT; ECTOPARASITE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ROOSTING;

ALLOPATRY; ARTICLE; BAT; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; MITE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; SYMPATRY; TICK;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; SYMBIOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; CHIROPTERA; HIPPOSIDEROS SPEORIS; ISCHNOPSYLLIDAE; IXODIDA; NYCTERIBIIDAE; PTEROPODIDAE; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS ROUXII; ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 66049085558     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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