Altered parasite assemblages in raccoons in response to manipulated resource availability

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 148-156

  Wright, Amber N ^a   Gompper, Matthew E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris procyonis; Community structure; Contact rates; Disease transmission; Resource manipulation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RACCOON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; NEW YORK; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RACCOONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 20444385705     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0018-3     Document Type: Article

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