Host ecology and variation in helminth community structure in Mastomys rodents from Senegal

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 437-450

  Brouat, C ^a   Kane, M ^b   Diouf, M ^c   Ba K ^b   Sall Drame R ^b,c   Duplantier, J M ^b  

^a CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Cestode; Commensal habitat; Community diversity; Habitat variation; Mastomys spp.; Nematode; Parasite; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HELMINTH; HOST; MASTOMYS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SENEGAL; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MURINAE; PREVALENCE; RODENT DISEASES; SENEGAL;

CESTODA; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; NEMATODA; RODENTIA; VERMES;

EID: 33846785266     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200600151X     Document Type: Article

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