Local variation in endoparasite intensities of bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from ecologically similar sites: Morphometric and endocrine correlates

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-112

  Barnard, C J ^a   Behnke, J M ^b   Bajer, A ^c   Bray, D ^d   Race, T ^b   Frake, K ^b   Osmond, J ^b   Dinmore, J ^b   Sinski, E ^c  

^a Animal Behaviour and Ecology Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SEMINAL VESICLE; TESTIS; VOLE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SEMINAL VESICLES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 0036268837     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2001109     Document Type: Article

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