Male-biased susceptibility to helminth infection: An experimental test with a copepod

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 458-462

  Wedekind, Claus ^a   Jakobsen, Per J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFECTION RATE; PARASITISM; SEX BIAS; TESTOSTERONE;

CESTODA; COPEPODA; MACROCYCLOPS ALBIDUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 0031960593     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546767     Document Type: Article

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