Prevalence of coccidia parasites (Protozoa) in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris): Effects of host phenotype and environmental factors

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 286-295

  Bertolino, Sandro ^a   Wauters, Luc A ^b   De Bruyn, Luc ^c,d   Canestri Trotti, Giorgio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^e Animal Biology Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpine forests; Cryptosporidium parvum; Eimeria; Host density; Parasite communities

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHENOTYPE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SCIURIDAE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SCIURIDAE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EIMERIA; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS VULGARIS; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 0142091360     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1345-x     Document Type: Article

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