Fleas on wild birds in Costa Rica

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Acosta, Roxana ^a   Literak, Ivan ^b   Sychra, Oldrich ^b   Capek, Miroslav ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ceratophyllus; Dasypsyllus; Plusaetis; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERATOPHYLLIDAE; CERATOPHYLLUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); THRYORCHILUS BROWNI; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 84873629096     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.115.1.1     Document Type: Article

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