Old pythons stay fit; effects of haematozoan infections on life history traits of a large tropical predator

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 407-412

  Madsen, Thomas ^a,b,c   Ujvari, Beata ^a   Olsson, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Australia; Blood parasites; Hepatozoon; Life history; Snake

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITISM; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COCCIDIA; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; COCCIDIA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

HEPATOZOON; LIASIS; LIASIS FUSCUS; PYTHONIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 12944250795     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1742-9     Document Type: Article

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