Effects of weather and plague-induced die-offs of prairie dogs on the fleas of northern grasshopper mice

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 588-594

  Salkeld, Daniel J ^a,b   Stapp, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IUCN The World Conservation Union   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Enzootic plague reservoir; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; COLORADO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PLAGUE; POPULATION DENSITY; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MAMMALIA; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); THRASSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 67650122801     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0325     Document Type: Article

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