Regulation of nematode fecundity in the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus): Not just density dependence

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-423

  Tompkins, D M ^a   Hudson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heterakis gallinarum; Inverse density dependence; Parasite; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; DENSITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; NEMATODA; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; VERMES;

EID: 0032916796     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003886     Document Type: Article

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