Similarity in ectoparasite faunas of Palaearctic rodents as a function of host phylogenetic, geographic or environmental distances: Which matters the most?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 807-817

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Mouillot, David ^b   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Vinarski, Maxim V ^c   Korallo Vinarskaya, Natalia P ^d   Poulin, Robert ^e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Omsk Research Institute of Natural Foci Infections   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environment; Fleas; Geographic distance; Mites; Phylogenetic relatedness; Rodents

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PALEARCTIC REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; RANGE EXPANSION; RELATEDNESS; RODENT; SIMILARITY INDEX; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAUNA; FLEA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; GEOGRAPHY; MITES; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA;

ACARI; GAMASIDA; INSECTA; PARASITIFORMES; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77952544758     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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