Does acquired resistance of rodent hosts affect metabolic rate of fleas?

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 389-398

  Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Ghazaryan, Lusine ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Degen, A Allan ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RODENTIA;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; DASYURUS; PARAPULEX CHEPHRENIS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 67650294082     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.536     Document Type: Article

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