Parasitized salamanders are inferior competitors for territories and food resources

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-329

  Maksimowich, Daria S ^a   Mathis, Alicia ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ECTOPARASITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INFESTATION; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE;

ACARI; DROSOPHILA; HANNEMANIA ELTONI; PLETHODON ANGUSTICLAVIUS;

EID: 0034062763     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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