Population biology of Eimeria (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) in Apodemus sylvaticus: A capture/recapture study

Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 355-363

  Higgs, S ^a   Nowell, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Apodemus sylvaticus; Capture recapture; Eimeria apionodes; Eimeria hungaryensis; Eimeria uptoni; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MURIDAE; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; EIMERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034083332     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099005545     Document Type: Article

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