Parasite-specific variation and the extent of male-biased parasitism; An example with a South African rodent and ectoparasitic arthropods

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 651-660

  Matthee, Sonja ^a   McGeoch, Melodie A ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Fleas; Gender bias; Lice; Mites; Rhabdomys pumilio; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANDROLAELAPS DASYMYS; ANDROLAELAPS FAHRENHOLZI; ARTICLE; CHIASTOPSYLLA ROSSI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOPSYLLUS ELLOBIUS; DINOPSYLLUS TENAX; ECTOPARASITE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEMALE; FLEA; GENDER BIAS; HAEMAPHYSALIS ACICULIFER; HAEMAPHYSALIS ELLIPTICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; HYPSOPHTHALMUS TEMPORIS; INFESTATION; IXODES; IXODES ALLUAUDI; IXODES BAKERI; IXODES RHABDOMYSAE; LAELAPS GIGANTEUS; LAELAPS HORAKI; LAELAPS RADOVSKYI; LIFE CYCLE; LISTROPSYLLA AGRIPPINAE; LOUSE; MALE; MITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITISM; POLYPLAX ARVICANTHIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO; RHIPICEPHALUS GERTRUDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS LOUNSBURYI; RODENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXON; TICK; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LICE; MALE; MICE; MITES; MURINAE; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT DISEASES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICKS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; IXODIDA; MUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77953613339     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991338     Document Type: Article

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