Interactions between intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms in a cyclic species: Testosterone increases parasite infection in red grouse

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1578, 2005, Pages 2299-2304

  Seivwright, Linzi J ^a   Redpath, Stephen M ^a,b   Mougeot, François ^a   Leckie, Fiona ^a   Hudson, Peter J ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Interactions; Nematode; Population cycles; Red grouse; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; TESTOSTERONE;

GAMEBIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMPLANT; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; PHASIANIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 27244459805     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3233     Document Type: Article

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