Effect of the nutritional environment and reproductive investment on herbivore-parasite interactions in grazing environments

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 591-596

  Smith, L A ^a,b   White, P C L ^b   Hutchings, M R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feces avoidance; Fitness; Grazing; Maternal investment; Parasite risk

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECES; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; HEALTH RISK; HERBIVORE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SHEEP; SWARD; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33745585103     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ark004     Document Type: Article

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