The influence of parasites on the retention of long-term partnerships in the Australian sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 675-680

  Bull, C Michael ^a   Burzacott, Dale A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lizards; Mating systems; Monogamy; Parasites; Ticks

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; PARASITE INFESTATION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; LIZARD; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIZARDS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; SCINCOIDEA; SQUAMATA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

EID: 29144475039     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0224-z     Document Type: Article

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