Temporal host-parasite relationships of the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.) as revealed by stable isotope analyses

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-285

  Neilson, R ^a   Boag, B ^a   Hartley, G ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host parasite interactions; Rabbit; Stable isotopes; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CITTOTAENIA DENTICULATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROPHAGY; DIET; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD WEB; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOSGOVOYIA PECTINATA; MUSCLE LEVEL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT; TIME; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; HAIR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RABBITS; SEASONS; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CESTODA; CITTOTAENIA DENTICULATA; MOSGOVOYIA PECTINATA; NEMATODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 23944483703     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005007717     Document Type: Article

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