Malaria infection and host behavior: A comparative study of Neotropical primates

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-37

  Nunn, Charles L ^a   Heymann, Eckhard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Abteilung Verhaltensokologie and Soziobiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Group size; Malaria; Prevalence; Primates; Sleeping behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROUP SIZE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALARIA; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 27744557559     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0005-z     Document Type: Article

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