Ectoparasite fitness in auxiliary hosts: Phylogenetic distance from a principal host matters

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2005-2013

  Khokhlova, I S ^a   Fielden, L J ^b   Degen, A A ^a   Krasnov, B R ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary hosts; Fitness; Fleas; Principal host; Rodents

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTOPARASITE; EGG PRODUCTION; FITNESS; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLEA; GENETICS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PHYLOGENY; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MURIDAE; PARAPULEX CHEPHRENIS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); XENOPSYLLA; XENOPSYLLA RAMESIS;

EID: 84866146002     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02577.x     Document Type: Article

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