Ectoparasite reproductive performance when host condition varies

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1193-1203

  Rueesch, Shona ^a   Lemoine, Mélissa ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMAGO; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIABILITY; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SIPHONAPTERA;

CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; PARUS MAJOR; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84866064745     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2953-3     Document Type: Article

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