Assessing host specificity of obligate ectoparasites in the absence of dispersal barriers

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1345-1349

  Dick, Carl W ^a   Esbérard, Carlos Eduardo L ^b   Graciolli, Gustavo ^c   Bergallo, Helena G ^d   Gettinger, Donald ^e  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; ECTOPARASITE; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CIMEX PILOSELLUS; HEMIPTERA; POLYCTENIDAE; STREBLIDAE;

EID: 70349606069     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1563-1     Document Type: Article

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