Ectoparasites and age-dependent survival in a desert rodent

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• ectoparasite 100%
• rodent 72%
• desert 57%
• parasite 48%
• parasitism 28%
• age-related difference 25%
• mortality 12%
• immune response 7%
• insecticide 5%
• surface area 4%
• distribution 3%
• effect 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• ectoparasites 76%
• deserts 65%
• rodents 57%
• parasites 31%
• parasitism 20%
• Gerbillus 8%
• host-parasite relationships 6%
• surface area 5%
• species recruitment 5%
• immune response 4%
• insecticides 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Parasites 57%
• Rodentia 57%
• Mortality 13%
• Host-Parasite Interactions 11%
• Insecticides 10%