title: [Fleas from the nests of Passer domesticus and Passer montanus].
abstract: In the years 1986-1988 102 nests of Passer domesticus and 113 nests of P. montanus were collected from Słupsk, Warszawa and its surrounding. Ceratophyllus gallinae was found in 55 nests of P. domesticus and in 74 nests of P. montanus: C. fringillae in 13 nests of P. domesticus. The highest mean number of C. gallinae per nest was recorded in nest of P. domesticus (11.9), lower in nest of P. montanus (5.9). The highest percentage of nests with fleas and the highest mean number of fleas per nest were recorded in September in P. domesticus and in June, July and September in P. montanus. The highest (111) nests to be inhabited by 1-10 specimens. Number of specimens in nests was not depending on the weight nests.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Zoologii, Wyzsza Szkoła Pedagogiczna, Słupsk.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D011044:Poland; D011156:Population Density; D012621:Seasons; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D014197:Trees
vernacular_title: Pchły z gniazd Passer domesticus i Passer montanus.