Environmental stress increases the prevalence and intensity of blood parasite infection in the common lizard Lacerta vivipara

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-138

  Oppliger, Anne ^a,d   Clobert, Jean ^a   Lecomte, Jane ^b   Lorenzon, Pauline ^a   Boudjemadi, Katia ^a   John Alder, Henry B ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood parasite; Corticosterone; Crowding; Density; Host parasite interaction; Immune system; Lizard; Stress; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

LACERTA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0000377599     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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