Decay of similarity of gamasid mite assemblages parasitic on Palaearctic small mammals: geographic distance, host-species composition or environment
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Department of Ecology and Environment Conservation, Omsk State Pedagogical University, Tukhachevskogo emb. 14, 644099 Omsk, Russia, Laboratory of Arthropod-Borne Viral Infections, Omsk Research Institute of Natural Foci Infections, Mira str. 7, 644080 Omsk, Russia, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet BenGurion, Israel and Ramon Science Center, PO Box 194, Mizpe Ramon 80600, Israel and Department of Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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تاریخ انتشار 2007