Parasite prevalence and richness in sympatric colobines: Effects of host density

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-266

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Gillespie, Thomas R ^c   Speirs, Michaela L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobines; Conservation; Density dependence; Kibale National Park, Uganda; Nematode; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; COLOBINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; COLOBUS GUEREZA; PILIOCOLOBUS; PRIMATES; PROCOLOBUS BADIUS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 30744437654     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20181     Document Type: Article

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