Sarcocystosis of chital (Axis axis) and dhole (Cuon alpinus): Ecology of a mammalian prey-predator-parasite system in Peninsular India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-482

  Jog, Maithili M ^a   Marathe, Rahul R ^a   Goel, Shantanu S ^b   Ranade, Sachin P ^a   Kunte, Krushnamegh K ^a   Watve, Milind G ^a,b  

^a ABASAHEB GARWARE COLLEGE   (India)

^b Life Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Prey predator dynamics; Sarcocystis axicuonis; Wildlife ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

CERVUS AXIS; CUON ALPINUS; MAMMALIA; SARCOCYSTIS;

EID: 22744455713     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002403     Document Type: Article

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