A comparative study of leukocyte counts and disease risk in primates

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 177-190

  Nunn, Charles L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Comparative study; Disease; Ecology; Independent contrasts; Primates

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DISEASE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PRIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036006022     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00859.x     Document Type: Article

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