Specific dynamic action (SDA) is the term used to refer to the increased metabolic
expenditure that occurs in postprandial animals. Postprandial increases in metabolism were …

Fleas are one of the most interesting and fascinating taxa of ectoparasites. All species in this
relatively small order are obligatory haematophagous (blood-feeding) parasites of higher …

We tested for the effects of latitude and geographic range size (GRS) on body size, leg
length, and sexual size dimorphism (SSD) across 103 species of fleas, taking into account …

The picture that emerges in this book is of sunlight flooding the Earth. Dotted about the
landscape are organisms: plants, animals, and microbes. Living things are found nearly …

Aim We investigated the beta‐diversity patterns of fleas parasitic on rodents along
environmental and host turnover gradients using linear and nonlinear approaches. We …

Aim We studied compositional turnover in two ectoparasite taxa asking whether (a) the main
driver of turnover (environmental factors, host composition, or distance) is the same in both …

Background Traditionally, efficient flea-borne transmission of Yersinia pestis, the causative
agent of plague, was thought to be dependent on a process referred to as blockage in which …

This paper addresses how climate changes interact with other global changes caused by
humans (habitat fragmentation, changes in land use, bioinvasions) to affect biodiversity …

The energetics of processing a meal is crucial for understanding energy budgets of animals
in the wild. Given that digestion and its associated costs may be dependent on …

The quality of offspring produced by parent fleas (Xenopsylla ramesis) fed on either male or
female rodent hosts (Meriones crassus) was studied. The emergence success, duration of …