Competition, facilitation or mediation via host? Patterns of infestation of small European mammals by two taxa of haematophagous arthropods

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Stanko, Michal ^b   Morand, Serge ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Fleas; Ixodid ticks; Probability of infestation; Small mammals; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECTOPARASITE; FACILITATION; FLEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ARTHROPODA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES TRIANGULICEPS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 74249117274     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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