Effects of bot fly (Alouattamyia baeri) parasitism on a free-ranging howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) population in Panama

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-63

  Milton, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOT FLY; DIETARY STRESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOWLER MONKEY; MORTALITY;

PANAMA;

ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUTTAMYIA BAERI; DIPTERA; GASTEROPHILIDAE;

EID: 0029752849     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05435.x     Document Type: Article

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