Fleas: Permanent satellites of small mammals

Micromammals and Macroparasites: From Evolutionary Ecology to Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 161-177

  Medvedev, Sergei G ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b,c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-36025-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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