A prescription for longer life? Bot fly parasitism of the white-footed mouse

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 753-761

  Burns, Catherine E ^a,d   Goodwin, Brett J ^b   Ostfeld, Richard S ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bot fly; Bot fly impact on Peromyscus hosts; Cuterebra; Host parasite interactions; Life history trade offs; Parasite; Parasitism; Peromyscus leucopus; Population dynamics; Reproduction; Survival; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

CRICETINAE; CUTEREBRA; OESTRIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 15244347340     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0735     Document Type: Article

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