Medium-term temporal stability of the helminth component community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-228

  Bajer, A ^a   Behnke, J M ^b   Pawelczyk A ^a   Kulis K ^a   Sereda, M J ^a,c   Sinski E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Cestodes; Clethrionomys glareolus; Component community; Helminths; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREEDING; CESTODE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENDER; HELMINTH; INTESTINE PARASITE; LAKE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLATYHELMINTH; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; LIVER; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

CESTODA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; RODENTIA; VERMES;

EID: 13844310351     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006389     Document Type: Article

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