Spatial variation in helminth community structure in the red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa L.): Effects of definitive host density

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-113

  Calvete, C ^a   Blanco Aguiar, J A ^a   Virgos E ^a,b   Cabezas Diaz S ^a   Villafuerte, R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian host; Helminth communities; Interspecific associations; Nestedness; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOME; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOWL; HELMINTH; HOST; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; LAND USE; MALE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPAIN;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; VERMES;

EID: 3142512688     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005165     Document Type: Article

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