Influence of host age and sex on the helminth fauna of the yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) in Galicia (northwestern Spain)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 454-458

  Alvarez M F ^a   Cordeiro, J A ^a   Leiro, J M ^a   Sanmartin M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRD; FAUNA; FLEDGING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEX ROLE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRACHYLECITHUM MICROTESTICULUM; CARDIOCEPHALOIDES LONGICOLLIS; FAUNA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GYNAECOTYLA LONGIINESTINATA; HELMINTH; HIMASTHLA ELONGATA; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; MALE; MARITREMA GRATIOSUM; MICROPHALLUS SIMILIS; NONHUMAN; PARORCHIS ACANTHUS; PREVALENCE; PREY; RENICOLA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; BRACHYLECITHUM MICROTESTICULATUM; CARDIOCEPHALOIDES LONGICOLLIS; COSMOCEPHALUS OBVELATUS; CRUSTACEA; GYMNOPHALLUS DELICIOSUS; GYNAECOTYLA; HIMASTHLA ELONGATA; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; MARITREMA; MICROPHALLUS SIMILIS; MOLLUSCA; PAROCHIS ACANTHUS; RENICOLA; VERMES;

EID: 33746557436     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3546.1     Document Type: Article

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