Gastrointestinal parasites in crop raiding and wild foraging Papio anubis in Nigeria

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1519-1534

  Weyher, Anna H ^a,c   Ross, Caroline ^a,b   Semple, Stuart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Gashaka Baboon Project   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Crop raiding; Gastrointestinal parasites; Nutrition; Olive baboons

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; FECAL COLIFORM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAN; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; GASHAKA GUMTI NATIONAL PARK; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM COLI; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PHYSALOPTERA; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 33845666181     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9089-1     Document Type: Article

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