Male hosts drive infracommunity structure of ectoparasites

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1099-1110

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Stanko, Michal ^b   Matthee, Sonja ^c   Laudisoit, Anne ^d   Leirs, Herwig ^e   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Korallo Vinarskaya, Natalia P ^f   Vinarski, Maxim V ^g   Morand, Serge ^h  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^g OMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^h INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Fleas; Gender difference; Infracommunity structure; Rodents

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOPARASITE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; META-ANALYSIS; PALEARCTIC REGION; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIZE EFFECT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; SIBERIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA;

RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79960314256     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1950-z     Document Type: Article

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