Determinants of ectoparasite assemblage structure on rodent hosts from South American marshlands: The effect of host species, locality and season

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-292

  Lareschi, M ^a   Krasnov, B R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Host species; Locality; Rodents; Season; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MARSH; MITE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACARI; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOPLURA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FLEA; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WETLAND;

ACARI; ANIMALS; ANOPLURA; ARGENTINA; ARVICOLINAE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; MICE; RATS; SEASONS; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WETLANDS;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

ACARI; AKODON AZARAE; CRICETIDAE; GAMASIDA; IXODIDA; OLIGORYZOMYS FLAVESCENS; ORYZOMYS; OXYMYCTERUS RUFUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 77955242012     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00880.x     Document Type: Article

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