Host specificity and niche partitioning in flea-small mammal networks in Bornean rainforests

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-319

  Wells, K ^a,b,c   Lakim, M B ^b   Beaucournu, J C ^d  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b University of Ulm ^*  (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Borneo; Ectoparasites; Host specificity; Host parasite associations; Interaction networks; Niche partitioning; Siphonaptera; Species barriers

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ECTOPARASITE; FIELD SURVEY; FLEA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; NICHE PARTITIONING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; RAINFOREST; RODENT; SPECIALIZATION;

BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ALTICOLA; LEPTOPSYLLIDAE; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SCANDENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79961113136     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00940.x     Document Type: Review

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