Relationship between helminth parasites and demographic attributes of a population of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Octodontidae)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1268-1270

  Rossin, A ^a   Malizia, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CTENOMYS TALARUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HELIGMOSTRONGYLUS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MATING; NATURAL POPULATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; HELIGMOSTRONGYLUS; NEMATODA; OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 0036943206     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1268:rbhpad]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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