Do threatened hosts have fewer parasites? A comparative study in primates

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-314

  Altizer, Sonia ^a   Nunn, Charles L ^b,c   Lindenfors, Patrik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Host parasite interactions; IUCN Red List; Parasite species richness; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HOST; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; RED LIST; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIMATE DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; DATABASES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 33846979493     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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