Geographical variation in host use of a blood-feeding ectoparasitic fly: Implications for population invasiveness

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 985-995

  Välimäki, Panu ^a   Kaitala, Arja ^a   Madslien, Knut ^b   Härkönen, Laura ^a   Várkonyi, Gergely ^c   Heikkilä, Jari ^c   Jaakola, Mervi ^a   Ylönen, Hannu ^d,e   Kortet, Raine ^d   Ytrehus, Bjørnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Expansion rate; Haematophagy; Hippoboscidae; Host specificity; Lipoptena cervi

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HEMOPHAGY; HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST USE; INVASIVENESS; LOCAL EXTINCTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RUMINANT; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEER; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FINLAND; FLY; HOST RANGE; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; DEER; DIPTERA; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FINLAND; HOST SPECIFICITY; NORWAY; REPRODUCTION;

FINLAND; NORWAY;

CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; LIPOPTENA CERVI; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 79960290465     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1951-y     Document Type: Article

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