Effects of host diet and thermal state on feeding performance of the flea Xenopsylla ramesis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1435-1441

  Korine, Carmi ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bat; Blood meal; Diet; Digestion; Flea; Herbivory; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATION; GERBIL; HEAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; XENOPSYLLA;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XENOPSYLLA;

EID: 84860196400     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061796     Document Type: Article

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